billy edd wheeler
In 1963 Billy Edward "Edd" Wheeler released the album "A New Bag of Songs". That bag contained this song as well as his more famous "Jackson". Johnny Cash grabbed them both. First he got a Grammy for "Jackson" together with his howling, jarring wife. In October -69 CBS released "Blistered" as a single (Flip side "See Ruby Fall") to promote his following 33th studio album "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" (1970). He stripped off all the 7th chords, let Bob Wootton and Fluke Holland go rattling berserk and turned the bluesy skiffle song into a country-rock porridge. Ravage! But it sold. None of Wheeler's own recordings ever did.
But here we go, oh yeah: preserve the 7th chords, damn it!
I've got great big blisters on my bloodshot eyes from lookin'
at that long-legged female up ahead
what she does ? simply walkin' down the sidewalks of the city
makes me think about some stray cat gettin' fed
she's got a whole lot of motion in her soul
I know that her soul is not the place she lets it show
she's got that body : oh yeah
she's got that motion : oh yeah
she's gonna get me : oh yeah
she's gonna burn me : oh yeah
she's gonna tear my soul apart and put big blisters on my heart
what a mighty crazy cookin' way to go
and I've got great big blisters on my fingertips from reachin'
in my pocket book pickin' out them bills
and I've got tiny white blisters in my throat
from tryin' to ease my nervous tension taking all them patent pills
and ever since we started runnin' round from bar to bar
I just can't eat a bite to keep my stomach settled down
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A7 I've got great big blisters on my bloodshot eyes from lookin' A7 at that long-legged female up ahead A7 what she does ? simply walkin' down the sidewalks of the city A7 makes me think about some stray cat gettin' fed D7 she's got a whole lot of motion in her soul E7 I know that her soul is not the place she lets it show E7 she's got that body oh yeah E7 she's got that motion oh yeah E7 she's gonna get me oh yeah E7 she's gonna burn me oh yeah A7 D7 she's gonna tear my soul apart and put big blisters on my heart E7 A7 what a mighty crazy cookin' way to go
