Biography:
The Deslondes (formerly Sam Doores + Riley Downing & The Tumbleweeds) are a New Orleans-based country-soul, swamp-boogie band. They combine elements of early Stax, Sun and Atlantic records with the influence of a more raw, stripped-down sound gleaned off field recordings from Alan Lomax and Mississippi Records catalogue.
In their writing as well as their lives, The Deslondes three principal songwriters—Sam Doores, Riley Downing and Cameron Snyder—endeavor to carry on the traveling country-troubadour tradition of their heroes Woody Guthrie
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[Intro]
F Dm (x4)
[Verse]
F Dm
I've travelled ever over all by myself
F Dm
The things that satisfy me lord are high on the shelf
F Dm
My mother she told me "Son, don't be a fool
Bb C F Dm
The world is full of men who left their ma on a roo-oof"
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
[Verse]
F Dm
I woke up this morning feeling awfully bad
F Dm
It must have been a good night I made my friends all mad
F Dm
Ran out of money in the middle of the night
Bb C F Dm
I wrote a hot cheque and now the jail's in si-ight
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
[Verse]
F Dm
My baby's going to leave me and I'm mourning the blues
F Dm
I walked a hundred miles or more and wore out my shoes
F Dm
I think I'm going crazy what am I going to do
Bb C F Dm
I think I'm going to leave and see the world throu-ough
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
[Verse]
F Dm
I'm going to build a rocket ship and vee-var-a-voom
F Dm
I'll go and get my baby and we'll fly to the moon
F Dm
Leave all our worries on earth behind
Bb C F Dm
When we get in space everything will be fi-ine
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
Bb C F
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
F Dm (x4)
[Verse]
F Dm
I've travelled ever over all by myself
F Dm
The things that satisfy me lord are high on the shelf
F Dm
My mother she told me "Son, don't be a fool
Bb C F Dm
The world is full of men who left their ma on a roo-oof"
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
[Verse]
F Dm
I woke up this morning feeling awfully bad
F Dm
It must have been a good night I made my friends all mad
F Dm
Ran out of money in the middle of the night
Bb C F Dm
I wrote a hot cheque and now the jail's in si-ight
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
[Verse]
F Dm
My baby's going to leave me and I'm mourning the blues
F Dm
I walked a hundred miles or more and wore out my shoes
F Dm
I think I'm going crazy what am I going to do
Bb C F Dm
I think I'm going to leave and see the world throu-ough
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
[Verse]
F Dm
I'm going to build a rocket ship and vee-var-a-voom
F Dm
I'll go and get my baby and we'll fly to the moon
F Dm
Leave all our worries on earth behind
Bb C F Dm
When we get in space everything will be fi-ine
[Chorus]
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
Bb C F Dm
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
Bb C F
Run wild when you're young and do the things you want to do
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