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You Burned The Tables On Me
Jack Bruce
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I was born one morning
Wearing my old clothes
I was born in Cairo
For a wedding in Cotonou
Tried to point my feet
To take on Rome's street
In the spring when they do the thing
Oh yes, they do
You burned all my tables, yeah
Once upon a time
Wearing a round body
Flashing around with all the girls
I was open to it
Tried to point the shoes on my toes
Where the guitars grow
In the summer when they do the thing
Oh yes, they do
You burned all my tables
Mama said, "Listen, son
One day you're going to get the truth
When it don't come with flowers
Don't let your legs hang loose"
You stirred up the hornets' nest
And here comes the pigeon guest
In the autumn when they do the thing
Oh yes, they do
You burned all my tables
I'm lying on the table
You have dined up again
The tooth and the cattle
All the ones who live
The hammer down my chest
The plough you held for me
In the winter when they do the thing
Oh yes, they do
You burned all my tables, yeah
Yes, you did
Yes, you did
Oh yes, you did
Oh
And that's "You Burned the Tables On Me"
Jack has described that as a humorous song
And it's actually autobiographical
So if you were listening closely
You'd have learned a lot more about Jack
I think, uh, at this stage and on stage, uh
I should introduce the friends
They are: on guitar, Chris Spedding
On keyboards and alto, Graham Bond
And on drums, John Marshall
This next song, like the first
Is from Jack's recent album, Harmony Row
But it was also performed
Whilst Jack was working with Tony Williams
In it, a nameless country somewhere
Has been compared to a corrupt band agency
It's called "Smiles and Grins"