# Add-A-Verse Blues

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 12, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616 "2002-05-12T10:44:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/1 "2002-05-12T10:44:29Z")

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My baby she done left me, I’m sleepin’ all alone.  
My baby she done left me, I’m sleepin’ all alone.  
Ain’t no letters in my mailbox, ain’t no ringin’ on my phone.

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**your turn,**  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/2 "2002-05-12T13:33:55Z")

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TN_hippie lookin’ for a free ride  
TN_hippie lookin’ for a free ride  
Gonna have to write his own songs  
_(insert rhyming line here)_

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### Author: ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/3 "2002-05-12T18:44:03Z")

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sittin’ at the ‘puter, waitin’ for the board to load

ima sittin’ at the ‘puter, waitin’ for the board to load

wait so long, my doggone beer ain’t cold  
big essvee

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### Author: ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/4 "2002-05-12T19:18:29Z")

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Ah wanna roll my baby, roll my baby in the bed  
Ah wanna rock’n’roll my baby, roll him in the bed  
But my baby just sits in front of the Playstation instead  
(Ah’m gonna shoot that man)

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/5 "2002-05-12T19:23:38Z")

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If I had me twenty dollars, that’s really all I needs.  
If I had me twenty dollars, that’s really all I needs.  
My whiskey bottle’s empty an’ I’m down to stems an’ seeds.

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Blues ain’t nothin’ but a good soul feelin’ bad,  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/6 "2002-05-13T08:10:58Z")

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I got me twenty dollars, but I can’t get the hookup  
I got me twenty dollars, but I can’t get the hookup  
I’m outta consolation got no numbers left to lookup

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### Author: ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/7 "2002-05-13T18:17:33Z")

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I’m readin’ all this stuff that goes by here on this board  
And I cannot think of nuthin’ to type, Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord  
You’ve got me stumped  
Oh yeah you got me stumped.  
And I’m so blue, cause when I do  
I will probably just get trumped.

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### Author: ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/8 "2002-05-13T18:41:47Z")

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Looking at the back a my husband’s head  
as he’s play’n Everquest.  
Wish he’d take the baby so I could get some rest.  
If he don’t get off soon  
I’m gonna kick him to the moon,  
'cause it time for me to get on the board.

I got the single computer blues, yeah.

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### Author: ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/9 "2002-05-13T20:51:39Z")

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Deadlines running me circles,  
Committments running me ragged.  
If that User calls me one more time,  
I think I’m gonna be doing some time.

This gotta be done by then,  
that best be done by when?,  
PB to Java, VMS to UNIX,  
And one more thing, this shell needs a fix

One more program break, I think I’m gonna crack,  
and that boss o’ mine, won’t never get off my back,  
I got me the Conversion Blues.  
[background]He got him the Conversion Blues[/background]  
[background]He got him the Conversion Blues[/background]  
[background]Poor **Big Cheesie** , you know he gonna lose[/background]  
[background]Cuz he got him the Conversion Blues[/background]

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/10 "2002-05-13T20:57:31Z")

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The juke joint where I hang out at is dirty, dark, and old.  
Yeah, the juke joint I hang out at is dirty, dark, and old.  
The beer is always warm, but the womens is ice-cold.

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wannabe a bluesman,  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/11 "2002-05-14T02:27:29Z")

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This gal I met last night, she’s crazy and she’s mean.  
This gal I met last night, she’s crazy and she’s mean.  
Says she loves me but she hates me…  
And done run out of Thorazine.

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codependent blues,  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/12 "2002-05-14T11:37:46Z")

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Be careful what you pray for, you know you just might get it.  
Be careful what you pray for, you know you just might get it.  
That gal she done moved in with me…but I’m startin’ to regret it.

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better to be alone than wishing you were,  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/13 "2002-05-14T13:24:44Z")

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Sittin’ at the ‘puter… think I’m gonna cry.  
Sittin’ at the 'puter… think I’m gonna cry.  
Because a novice poster  
Wants to know the third word that ends in -gry.

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/14 "2002-05-17T09:44:06Z")

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The Blues they done got me: I’s feelin’ mighty lame.  
The Blues they got me down: I’ll never be the same.  
No posts for 3 days now…won’t nobody play my game?

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if the whiskey don’t kill me, the womens will,  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![Rubicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@Rubicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubicon)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/15 "2002-05-17T15:45:24Z")

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Went to Looziann last week  
Went to a wedding there  
I ate the crawfish, I ate the catfish  
And now I’m payin’ through my derriere

Yes, I’m runnin’, baby  
Yes, I’m a runnin’  
Cuz’ I gots me the improperly prepared seafood blues

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### Author: ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/16 "2002-05-17T19:35:54Z")

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Now **that** was funny.

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hope ya feel better soon,  
Tennessee “Hurtin’ Liver” Hippie

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### Author: ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/17 "2002-05-17T22:16:11Z")

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Sittin on my ass at work, feelin’ like a bum  
Thinkin’ to myself I really wanna get me some  
So, I’ll just go home tonight and play till I cum…

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### Author: ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/18 "2002-05-17T22:27:03Z")

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What dat woman’s problem? Wuz it somp’m I said?  
What dat woman’s problem? Lawdy, wuz it somp’m I said?  
I didn’t mean it, honey. Come on back to bed.

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### Author: ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/19 "2002-05-18T01:42:18Z")

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I lost on the slot machine, and in poker I’m no threat  
I lost on the slot machine, and in poker I’m no threat  
Take it from me, my boy, online gambling is a losing bet.

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### Author: ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-blues/108616/20 "2002-05-18T03:01:18Z")

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Da DUH  
da DUH  
Well, it taste like pisswater  
It don’t go down so good  
It don’t taste at all  
Like a real beer should  
I got me them  
mean ol’ Labatt’s Blues  
(insert Stevie Ray Vaughan-like guitar solo)

(Canadians will get this one)

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