Bill Withers — Medley: Harlem / Cold Baloney

---------------------------- Harlem ---------------------------- Summer night in Harlem Man it's really hot Well it's too hot to sleep And I'm too cold to eat I don't care if I die or not Winter night in Harlem Radiator won't get hot Eh, the mean old landlord He don't care if I Freeze to death or not Ah but, saturday night in Harlem Oh now, everything's alright Really swing and shake your pretty thing Yeah, the party's out of sight Sunday morning in Harlem Everybody's all dressed up Oh now, heathen folks Getting home oh from the party And the good folks just got up Crooked delegation Wants a big donation Send some old jive preacher to the holy land Lord honey, don't you give your money To that lying cheating man Oh now, saturday night in Harlem Everything's alright Huh now, shake your thing And shing-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling Ding ding now every party's out of sight Sunday morning in Harlem Everybody's all dressed up Heathen folks comin' home uh huh from the party And the church folks just got up Crooked delegation Wants a big fat donation Send some old jive preacher to the holy land Lord honey, don't you give your money To that lying cheating man ---------------------------- Cold Baloney ---------------------------- Harlem, uh huh uh uh Harlem, uh huh uh uh Harlem, uh huh uh uh Harlem, I want to to take you back to Cold baloney And I'm home all by myself Just 5 years old But I sure am cold My mom's out cooking steak For someone else Sure am sleepy But I'mma wait till mama come Eh, the rich folks don't eat up all that good meat, uh huh I believe she gonna' bring me some I wanna take you back to Harlem, uh huh uh uh Harlem, uh huh uh uh Harlem, uh huh uh uh Cold baloney Mayonnaise and bread If it wasn't for cold baloney by now, don't y'all Don't y'all know I would've been dead I wanna take you back to Harlem, uh huh uh uh Harlem, oh oh oh Poor mama She sure is tired She said "what you eatin' son?" "I believe that baloney sandwich, oh, looks good Would you please fix your mama one?" I wanna take you back Saturday night, night in Harlem Everything, everything's alright Shake your thing And shing-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling Yeah the party's out of sight -------------------------- Shake'em on down -------------------------- [Audience conversation] We want to say good night but we wish you all would sing a little with us first Show you what to sing "A little red light" Ya'll say "shake'em on down" I say "little green light" Ya'll say "shake'em on down" I say "a little red light" Ya'll say "shake'em on down" We all say "must I holl'a" "must I shake'em on down" [Audience conversation] Come on, y'all Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) A little green light, oh (Shake'em on down) Huh, a little red light, nah nah nah (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] Come on, y'all, let me hear you Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) A little green light, oh (Shake'em on down) Huh, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] Hold it, hold it, hold it Easy Our bass player Melvin who I told you was very quiet Now Melvin likes to shake'em on down, but He can't stand too much noise So so I can get along with Melvin the rest of the week I wish ya'll would just do a little soft shake'em on down for Melvin And you can tell when you've got it right, watch him 'Cause when it's right He sings Oh, a little red light (Shake'em on down) A little green light, oh (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little red light, no no (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] Wait a minute We didn't get it, look at him, this time Oh, a little red light, lord lord (Shake'em on down) A little green light, oh (Shake'em on down) A little red light, no no (Shake'em on down) Now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] James like his loud! Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little green light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] One more for the [?] Thank you [?] A little red light (Shake'em on down) A little green light (Shake'em on down) A little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] Hold it I'm always leaving folks, after I get them singing I'd like to leave ya'll singing How'bout the folks in the row here by the wall Ya'll got the "red light" with me Rest of ya'll got the "shake'em on down" Come on y'all A little red light (Shake'em on down) A little green light (Shake'em on down) A little red light (Shake'em on down) Must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] Hold it, y'all Hold it Now we realize this is New York And ya'll are sophisticated, but It's not "must I holler" This is a showing of "shake'em on down" It's "must I holl'a" "Must I shake'em on down" Come on ya'll Come on ya'll A little red light (Shake'em on down) A little green light (Shake'em on down) (A little red light) Alright (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] Ya'll got it, come on, one more time A little red light (Shake'em on down) (A little green light) (Shake'em on down) (A little red light) [Clapping] [Audience conversation] [?] ´´One more time, we're gonna do this of course for Bill Withers´´ Can ya'll clap your hands a little bit [?] Clapped his hands and he's dancing Neil Bogart, damn Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little green light, oh (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little red light, no no (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] One time for me! Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little green light, oh (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little red light, no no no (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down [Audience conversation] One more time Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little green light, oh no (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on down Hey, a little red light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little green light (Shake'em on down) Hey, a little red light, oh no (Shake'em on down) Hey now, must I holl'a Must I shake'em on