1963 – J.J. Cale – Thirteen days (1979)

 

Escrita por J.J. Cale, foi gravada em 1979 no Crazy Mama Studios, em Nashville, Tennessee e lançada em agosto de 1979, no disco 5, o quinto da carreira de Cale. Foi produzida por J.J. Cale e Audie Ashworth. É uma canção sobre drogas e que fala dos altos e baixos de ser um músico em turnê. J.J. Cale tocou guitarra e cantou. Christine Lakeland cantou e tocou orgão. Billy Cox tocou baixo. Karl Himmel tocou bateria.

A letra:

Thirteen days on a gig down South
But we had enough dope to keep us all around
We had two girls dancin' to bring in a crowd
A sound man to mix us, make us sound loud

Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know
Thirteen days with five to go

Birmingham, Mobile, and up to Baton Rouge
We're smokin' cigarettes and reefer, drinkin' coffee and booze
We see the sun go down in Georgia, come up in New Orleans
Now we got to know a waitress, I tried to get in her jeans

Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know
Thirteen days with five to go

Migrant worker is the name of this band
Well, they come to your town, come and see us if you can
Yeah, we've been to California, we been to New York
Some think we're good, to others it's a joke

Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know
Thirteen days with five to go
Yeah, thirteen days with five to go

Thirteen days with five to go
Thirteen days with five to go

A versão de J.J. Cale:

A versão Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: