Baby Lightning

Shermann Karmann
Eric Taylor
© Shantih Publishing and Production (ASCAP)

He was three days out of Mobile
Three days without a bath
There's a knock at my door.
Throw your things on the floor
And tell me about them times you had.
He said, “They wasn't bad. They wasn't special
It's just the stories I found in these hurricane towns
Get lost in the barroom shuffle.”

Karmann plays a melody line
With his fingers flyin' and you keep time
And he will play the blues
From his hat to his shoes
And he laughs with you
Nearly every time

He told me one about the Alamo Bar
He'd been sleepin' in his car
And the right-hand side of Highway 49
Had been takin' him too far.
He said she wasn't bad.
Her name was Ruth
A little older than he liked
But it's been some time
And we're as good as blind
When you turn out all those lights

Karmann plays her a melody line
With his fingers flyin'
And she keeps time
And he will play them blues
From his hat to his shoes
And he laughs with Ruth
Nearly every time.

(Repeat first verse and shuffle off)

Acoustic and Slide Guitar: Steve Boyes
B3: Scott Patton