One Spring Morning Off Spring Street #29

"Bassist David Merrill worked part-time at
Electric Lady, the recording studio Jimi
Hendrix built on Eighth Street, and in the
spring of 1979 the band crept in for some
after-hours sessions.  The group laid down
eight originals and a cover of Bobby
Fuller's 'I Fought the Law,' but Lester thought
the tedious process of multitracking
killed the energy of the songs.  'Hey, do ya think
Sam Phillips might rent us a barn?'
he cracked.  He preferred the first demo the band
recorded on a four-track in the
loft one hungover Sunday morning."
[Let It Blurt, Jim DeRogatis, p 183.]

I FOUGHT THE LAW
The Bobby Fuller Four
(Sonny Curtis)

(A') Breakin' rocks in the ... hot sun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I needed money, 'cause I ... had none
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
Well, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

(Instrumental Break)

Robbin' people with a . . . SIX gun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I miss my baby and the ... good fun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
But, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

So that was it.  That was a Sunday morning. 
One spring Sunday morning just off Spring
Street.

So that was it.

thegrowlingwolf 
for The Daily Growler