Uh, Oh! Songtext
von Jack Bruce

She leans against the wall, just half on the bed, half in light
Her touch much smarter than the night, oh, oh
Up when the night is spent, you′re writing your blues on her skin
Her body tells her tales with scent, with its taste, with its touch
In the movement of her smile, oh, oh
All of the hell you've lived replacing those tales with the blues

She won′t shed them, won't shed your blues
No matter how clever she tries
She won't wash your changes from her face
No matter how many tears she cries


Her body′s sheer articulation
All the texts you tell as you tell
You replace them one by one
With the basic description of the blues
Her style will go nowhere, it still shines right through
Forms a map on her flesh but is a dark, costly doing, oh, oh
Each story you′ve lived through is written in blues on her skin
All the colors deep in her stories
You can read from her face with your hands
All the endings swimming in daylight
Will soon be replaced with each finger's trace
With stories of blues on her skin

She won′t shed it, can't shed the skin
No matter how clever she tries
She won′t wash the blues from her face
No matter how many tears she cries

All the curves that show in her stories
All her tales' subtle twists and turns
Will be colored in each cadence
With the basic inflection of the blues
She leans against the wall, just half on the bed, half in light
Her touch much smarter than the night, oh, oh
Up when the night is spent, you′re writing your blues on her skin
The intrigue you've learned from daylight
All the words of bile you've heard
All the tricks you′ve gotten away with
Soon she won′t lose what's clearly tattooed
It′s written in blues on her skin, yeah, yeah