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Lowdown

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Lowdown was released on August 27, 1997 by Columbia/Legacy as a part of the album My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (1969-1997)

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Boz Scaggs

Background Vocals

David Paich

Keyboards

Jim Gilstrap

Background Vocals

Augie Johnson

Background Vocals

Fred Tackett

Guitar

Louie Shelton

Guitar

Jeff Porcaro

Drums

David Hungate

Bass

Maxine Green

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Paich

Songwriter

Boz Scaggs

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Joe Wissert

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Baby's into runnin' 'round, hanging with the crowd

Putting your business in the street, talking out loud

Saying you bought her this and that and how much you done spent

I swear she must believe it's all Heaven sent

[Verse 2]

Hey boy, you better bring the chick around

To the sad, sad truth, the dirty lowdown

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Taught her how to talk like that

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Gave her that big idea

[Verse 3]

Nothing you can't handle, nothing you ain't got

Put your money on the table and drive it off the lot

Turn on that old love light and turn a, "Maybe" to a, "Yes"

Same old schoolboy game got you into this mess

[Verse 4]

Hey son, better get on back to town

Face the sad old truth, the dirty lowdown

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Put those ideas in your head

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

[Verse 5]

Come on back down to Earth, son

Dig the low, low, low, low, lowdown

[Verse 6]

You ain't got to be so bad, got to be so cold

This dog-eat-dog existence sure is getting old

Got to have a Jones for this, Jones for that

This running with the Joneses, boy, just ain't where it's at, nah

You're gonna come back around

To the sad, sad truth, the dirty lowdown

[Verse 7]

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Got you thinking like that, boy

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

[Verse 8]

I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Said, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Oh, look out for that lowdown

That dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty lowdown

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?

Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Got you thinkin' like that

(Who? I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?)

Got you in the fire

Look at that girl in the face from the sadness

Oughta be ashamed of yourself

I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, who?

Written by: David Paich, Scaggs B

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