IF IT AIN'T ONE THING, IT'S ANOTHER
(Richard "Dimples" Fields / Belinda Wilson)


Richard "Dimples" Fields - 1982



I'm making this song for all the people who at times in their lives feel bad
You know when you feel like even your blues have blues

If it ain't one thing it's another
If it ain't one thing it's another

It's a crazy mixed up world, it's a dog eat dog world
Life is full of strife, people just aren't nice
Everybody's talking smack, running games on this and that
Racial resentment adds to discontentment

Talk to any guy, he'll tell you taxes are too high
Books, movies are corrupt, suicide is way up
Kids are a sorry lot, some folks say it's 'cause of pot
Phony ego trips, wow, everyone has flipped

If it ain't one thing it's another
If it ain't one thing it's another

Everybody's shacking up, married folks are packing up
Country's going up in smoke, where is Noah with his boat
Blacks marching on DC, four hundred years, still not free
Martin paid all a man could pay, still he's not a holiday

Folks messing with my mind, make me a Frankenstein
This woman by my side, she's Dr. Jeckyl, Mr. Hyde
Can't get my head on right, problems day and night
Try to calm my nerves, I've tried smoke, doctors give me dope to cope

If it ain't one thing it's another
If it ain't one thing it's another
(If it ain't one thing it's another)
(If it ain't one thing it's another)

My funky two bit job went on strike
I've put up with a lot of crap I don't like
And to add to my woes, this ugly woman named Sadie 
Called and said she's having my baby, Lord have mercy

>From my day of birth I've called hell on earth
A number is all I am, ain't got no frills, don't give a.....
If you ain'tt got no pull, you've got to put up with a lot of bull
This funky world is cold, I oughta flush myself down the.....

If it ain't one thing it's another
If it ain't one thing it's another
If it ain't one thing it's another
If it ain't one thing it's another

My friends, I wonder if it's okay if I talk to you this evening
A long time ago my old grandmother, bless her heart
Used to sit me on her knee and pull out her Good Book
And she said, "My son, my child, don't you ever get too grown, 
too famous, too rich to forget the man upstairs"
And she used to turn to Matthew chapter twenty-four 
And there the disciples were talking to the Master
And they said, "Lord tell us what will be the sign of your coming,
And the end to all this confusion on Earth"
And the Good Lord said, "My children watch out that nobody deceives you,
For the last days, there'll be a lot of tribulation, wars and famines
And earthquakes in different places on the Earth
And there'll be no understanding among the people"
He said, "But as you see these things occurring,
Don't you become too discouraged, just lift your heads up high
Because your deliverence is getting nearer"
And he spoke about the proclamation, 
About the coming kingdom or goverment of God
That will eventually take over this Earth and rule over the whole Earth
And, oh, I turned to Daniel chapter two
And there Daniel describes that this kingdom won't be an earthly kingdom
But it will be ruled by God
And opening the book of Revelations it talks about
How there will be a lamb who is Jesus
And his faithful hundred-and-forty-four-thousand
Who would bring all mankind back to perfection
Ah, some of you out there know exactly what I'm talking about
Isaiah, Isaiah, a long time ago said, "Oh, I see old people growing young again,
I see lame people running and leaping just like a gazelle
And blind people will see again"
And we won't have to worry about our children going outside to play at night
They'll be able to play with a snake, brotherhood
And there'll be brotherhood and peace and tranquility on the Earth
Aw, it makes me feel good when I read over in Revelations
That it say God would wipe out every tear from my eyes
Yeah, that's in Revelations chapter twenty-one
Why don't you pick up a Good Book and read about it for yourselves
And my friends, I don't know if I'll ever see you again
Life is certainly uncertain these days, I'm sure you'll agree to that
But keep dreaming the big dream
Get down on your knees and ask the big guy in the sky 
For his spirit to sustain you
And pray for me, I'll be praying for you
Goodnight.



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)