Some days you get diamonds,
Some days nickels and dimes
Some days lifeâs a poem
Some days nothing rhymes,
Some days youâre a winner,
Some days you lose,
Some days all youâre doing is paying dues.
On a Wednesday I was playing in a biker bar outside Topeka
On that Friday I was playing on a blues cruise, going to Dominica
Ebbs and flows, like the tide
Some days you get diamonds,
Some days nickels and dimes,
Some days sparkle,
Some days nothing shines,
Some days youâre given
Some days you choose,
Some days all youâre doing is paying dues.
Tonight Iâm sleeping in a 5-Star hotel, Wouldnât ask for more,
But I remember I wound up many a night sleeping on a strangerâs floor,
Sometimes you walk, sometimes you ride.
Some folks treat you like something under their shoe, ainât nothinâ new.
Others greet you like a holy prophet, now what you gonna do?
You try to take it all in stride,
Cuz some days you get diamonds,
Some days nickels and dimes,
Some days youâre out of tune,
Some days it all chimes,
Some days youâre grinninâ,
Some days youâre frownin; â the blues,
Some days all youâre doing is payinâ dues
Some days all youâre doing is payinâ dues
- :
- Migration Blues
- Me To You
- Blues People
- Jericho Road
- Deeper In The Well
- Brothers in Bamako
- Miscellaneous
- Natural Light
- Booker’s Guitar (Bonus Track Version)
- Booker’s Guitar
- Troubadour Live
- Friends
- Cambridge Folk Festival - Celebrating 50 Years
- Eric Bibb In 50 Songs
- Even Better Than The Disco Thing
- An Evening With Eric Bibb
- Roadworks
- Diamond Days
- Live à FIP
- Spirit & the Blues