Some Of Shelly's Blues

[Tuesday Afternoon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVUHWFY0w1Y

Tell me, just one more time, the reason why you must leave;
Tell me once more why you’re sure you don’t need me
Tell me again but don’t think you’ll convince me.

You said, about fallin’ in love again you’d rather be dead;
When someone breaks your heart you cry your eyes red
There’s nothing so hard about the life that you’ve led.

As far as I can see, there’s no reason for goodbye,
You’re just running scared, and that’s something I won’t buy.
So you lose, I won’t let you go, there’s nothing to show but more blues
All this talk about leaving is strictly bad news
So you settle down and stay with the boy that loves you

As far as I can see, there’s no reason for goodbye
You’re just running scared, and that’s something I won’t buy.
So you lose, I won’t let you go, there’s nothing to show but more blues.
All this talk about leaving is strictly bad news
So you settle down and stay with the boy that loves you.
So you settle down and stay with the boy that loves you.
So you settle down and stay with the boy that loves you.
So you settle down and stay with the boy that loves you.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. I made a Nesmith mix CD the other day...

...if you take all of his Monkees songs (including the outtakes found on the three "Missing Links" CDs) and drop a couple of the clunkers, his entire Monkees output fits comfortably on one 80-minute CD.

"Some Of Shelly's Blues" is one of those songs, as well as several others that ended up on the initial "First National Band" solo albums. He used to like to spend Monkees money to go off to Nashville and record tracks that he knew he'd be using on his own albums.

He recorded his first solo album, "The Wichita Train Whistle Sings," while he was still in the Monkees...because he owed money to the I.R.S.

From Wikipedia:

he album was made over a two-day session on November 18 and 19 1967 and featured the best musicians in Hollywood, including ten trumpets, ten trombones, ten saxophones, 2 drummers, five percussionists, four pianos, eight basses, seven guitars. As it was the weekend, all musicians were paid double time and the session was catered by Chasens, the finest restaurant in Hollywood. It all cost $50,000. Nesmith explained to Hal Blaine that he was about to pay a similar sum in tax and he would rather spend it on the sessions and write it off than give it to the IRS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wichita_Train_Whistle_Sings