PLAY SOMETHING SWEET (BRICKYARD BLUES)
(written by Allen Toussaint)

Three Dog Night - 1974
Maria Muldaur - 1974 


Well, I tried to run my game
She said "Man, that's the same old thing I've heard before"
And I'm too tired to go for your show (again and again)

And she started to explain
She said "Man, I ain't sayin' what you're playin' just can't make it
But I just can't take it anymore"

   Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
   Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

   Play somethin' sweet and make it funky
   Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

Well, I started to sweat
She said "Don't get upset 'cause you just might break a string
And that won't do a thing for your show

So I said to myself
I said "Self, do you see what is sailin' through my soul?"
And I gotta have some more, don't ya know

   Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
   Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

   Play somethin' sweet and make it funky
   Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

It's enough to make it light in the dark
It's enough to make a bite just a bark
It's enough to make a body move around
It's enough to make a rabbit hug a dog
Play somethin' sweet

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Well, I tried to run my game
She said "Man, that's the same old thing I've heard before"
And I'm too tired to go for your show (again and again)

And she started to explain
She said "Man, I ain't sayin' what you're playin' just can't make it
But I just can't take it anymore"

   Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
   Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

   Play somethin' sweet and make it funky
   Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

   Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
   Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues

   Play somethin' sweet and make it funky
   Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
   Play something I can understand
   Play me some Brickyard Blues