Upbeat Baby

I was born a shade of yellow

Took two weeks to change my hue

Yeah, I was born a shade of yellow

Took two weeks to change my hue

Now I'm an upbeat baby

And every inch of me is blue

Daddy was a blues man

Played those sad songs all night long

Yeah, Daddy was a blues man

Played those sad songs all night long

School may have had the teachers

But I was educated dusk till dawn

Mama loved her music

No moss growing on that stone

Yeah, Mama loved her music

Ain't no moss growing on that stone

Yeah church may have had the bibles

But we was praying to the stereo

I was a bawler from the start

Every note from low to high

I'll be kicking round with music, Lord

Until the day I die

So Give me some John Lee hooker

A little B.B. King

Throw in some old Aretha

Then you'll hear me sing

I was born a shade of yellow

Took two weeks to change my hue

But now I'm an upbeat baby

And every inch of me is blue

Some babbies get their feeding

Milk and honey from a silver spoon

Some babbies get their feeding

Milk and honey from a silver spoon

I was bottle fed the blues

But I'm an upbeat baby too

Yeah, I was born a shade of yellow

Took two weeks to change my hue

Yeah, I was born a shade of yellow

Took two weeks to change my hue

But now I'm an upbeat baby

And every inch of me is blue

But now I'm an upbeat baby

And every inch of me is blue

But now I'm an upbeat baby

And every inch of me is blue