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Tony Joe White — Can't Go Back Home (w/ Shelby Lynne)
Album: The Heroines
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Released: 2004
Length: 4:14
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Packing my suitcase, tan boots
Slip out the back door and nothing to loose
Full moon rising out on the road
Ain't carrying nothing but the heavy load

Turn in lose of the ties that bind
Feeling turmol in my mind
But I can't look back, these times are gone
I know, I can't go back home

My grand-daddy he left his things
He stands tall but he's kinda bent
His hands are warm
But they are strong
Takes care of his place, he lives alone

Now I'm sure he wonders what's happen to me
He's keeping it real, I'm living a dream
He checks the cows, Lord, he's up at dawn
But I know I can't go back home

There was a storm the other night
Had to talk to God, try to set things right
Church door was locked, Lord, I stood in the rain
Waiting for and answer
But it never came

I believe in living, give it all I got
I'm strong enough to except all that
A little piece of daylight, time to move on
It's just a reminder, I can't go back home

Just a reminder
I can't go back home

Just a reminder
I can't go back home
I can't go back home
No going home
Can't go back home

It's just a reminder,
I can't go back home

Just a reminder
I can't go back home

Just a reminder
I can't go back home
I can't go back home
No going home
Can't go back home
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 jimys wrote:

I wish RP would play more Shelby Lynne, I've always thought she had a good bit of talent.  



i agree, and i don't normally like the genre i associate her with. and then i hear her and i'm like "nope, i'm totally wrong. she/this is great."
Posted 2 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
bumping from 8 -> 9.
Posted 7 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Smooth vocals nicely punctuated with tasty licks. Throw in some hammond organ. That's the way you do it!
Posted 11 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
I didn't know Shaquille O'neal had an album!  Sweet!
Posted 11 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
I wish RP would play more Shelby Lynne, I've always thought she had a good bit of talent.  
Posted 11 years ago by jimys    [ Reply ]
Tony Joe White is fabulous; an unsung hero himself.
Posted 11 years ago by JIan    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
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Ha ha! . . . a very worthwhile bump.
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Very nice, I thought it was Joan Osborne singing with him at first.
Posted 11 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
Mediocré at best. Dull to me.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard Tony Joe for years! Thanks Bill!

Saw him once back in the early 70's in Denver - opened for Cheech and Chong!  

{#Clap} 
Posted 11 years ago by throwback    [ Reply ]
Very nice! This is weird, but at first I thought it was Greg Brown and Bonnie Raitt. Did a double take when I saw it was neither one of them. Yet another one to get because of RP. Woohoo!
Posted 12 years ago by BoulderKevin    [ Reply ]
Damn, this sounds good!
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Oh nice.

{#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED in 2004!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Tony is another example that you can be an amazing singer,
without being a good singer!

Always liked him!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Wonder what Captain America did to lose his shield among all those saucy-looking ladies...
Posted 12 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Also very nice!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...sidi ifni...
 
My thoughts upon hearing this for the first time. Virtually identical in parts.
Posted 12 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
...sidi ifni...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
What a good thing it is to have Shelby Lynne supporting the Legendary Tony Joe White. The kind of tribute that doesn't require a great effort to be appreciated just on the basis of style, so the resulting tune is lagniappe.
Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Nevertheless - works with me!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 E_A_D_G wrote:
Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a mess of it ... Go Tony Joe

 
Yeah, good to see he's still puttin' out some tunes.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
I love Shelby Lynne doing her best Tony Joe White.  A great combo.
Posted 14 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 wferrier wrote:
Thought this sounded real cool, then I saw Shelby's name attached to it. That explains it.
 
Please let's hear more Shelby.

Posted 14 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
HAHAHAHAHAHAH HA
 a_genuine_find wrote:
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Posted 15 years ago by nohaybanda    [ Reply ]
I love this... Thanks
Posted 15 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Still amazed at the lack of Shelby Lynne on RP. Her latest album of Dusty Springfield covers is really exquisite - I don't have files in the right format to upload - anyone?
Posted 15 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Thought this sounded real cool, then I saw Shelby's name attached to it. That explains it.
Posted 15 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
Shelby Lynn is teh roxxor. I've got her solo album — or I used to — "I am Shelby Lynn."

Nice seque from the last song, too. Bill, your awesome tune-picking really makes RP. Nothing like a human being mixing it up the old-fashioned way. But, you know, on teh intarwebs.
Posted 15 years ago by okelle    [ Reply ]
 ScottyB wrote:
I couldn't find an emoticon laughing so hard Dr. Pepper was coming out of his nose, or I would have used it.
 
I have to agree....it was quite spot on

Posted 15 years ago by treepop    [ Reply ]
a_genuine_find wrote:
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I couldn't find an emoticon laughing so hard Dr. Pepper was coming out of his nose, or I would have used it.
Posted 15 years ago by ScottyB    [ Reply ]
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Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
thompc wrote:
I think he sounds exactly like Leonard Smalls (the motorbike bounty hunter from Raising Arizona). But maybe that's just me...
you got that right. The resemblance is enough to make me wonder what the movie would have been like if Leonard Smalls had actually sung something in it.
Posted 16 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
E_A_D_G wrote:
Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a mess of it ... Go Tony Joe
Oh! that's why I know his voice. . .now that's all I can hear--the dang salad song
Posted 16 years ago by pacificbeth    [ Reply ]
Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a mess of it ... Go Tony Joe
Posted 16 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
Stunning ... Do I need to say any more ... I could go on forever about how this song is just sooooo right.
Posted 16 years ago by Irksome    [ Reply ]
Shelby Lynne, she sounds very much like TJ's daughter, doesn't she? I thought "hey, that's Michelle White!" but it wasn't. Same voice, same mood. Beautiful.
Posted 16 years ago by Brestois    [ Reply ]
TJW - legend!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
kimschoice wrote:
Nice! Great combination. How 'bout some Shelby, Bill? Maybe "Leaving" or "Thought it would be Easier".
Totally agree! Some Shelby would be nice!
Posted 16 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
thompc wrote:
I think he sounds exactly like Leonard Smalls (the motorbike bounty hunter from Raising Arizona). But maybe that's just me...
Mr. Smalls was played by Randall Tex Cobb. To perfection. Great movie.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
Gator's got your granny. Chomp. Chomp chomp.
Oh, snap! :LOL:
Posted 16 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Nice! Great combination. How 'bout some Shelby, Bill? Maybe "Leaving" or "Thought it would be Easier".
Posted 16 years ago by kimschoice    [ Reply ]
Perfect followup to Savoy Brown. I was actually thinking of this song when it was playing...
Posted 16 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Awesome song. I love good blues ballads!
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
radiojunkie wrote:
You can call it what you like. I just love this Bonnie Raitt - Isaac Hayes duet.
Gotta admire the unconventionality of that statement. Well said.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
radiojunkie wrote:
You can call it what you like. I just love this Bonnie Raitt - Isaac Hayes duet.
You stole the words out of my keyboard.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
YES, please play some Shelby Lynneredtex wrote:
I whole heartedly agree!
Posted 17 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
Maybe I'm crazy, but listening to this song, I see Tom Waits and Faye Dunaway sitting next to each other in a dark bar - both with a cigarette and glass of scotch in their hands and never once looking at each other.
Posted 17 years ago by eskles    [ Reply ]
mrrmt wrote:
I'd love to hear some of Shelby Lynne's "I am Shelby Lynne" on RP. That album is fantastic...
I whole heartedly agree!
Posted 17 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
Magnus wrote:
This is exactly why I listen to RP. Can't wait to download some more of this!
Perfectly stated. "This is why I listen to RP!"
Posted 17 years ago by RTK    [ Reply ]
Gator's got your granny. Chomp. Chomp chomp.
Posted 17 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
I bought this CD after hearing this cut on RP. It's a great CD, with TJ doing duets with several different females, including Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris. All this from the guy who did "Poke Salad Annie" in the 60s.
Posted 17 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
This guy sounds like Chef (Isaac Hayes) !!! "Hello children!"
I think he sounds exactly like Leonard Smalls (the motorbike bounty hunter from Raising Arizona). But maybe that's just me...
Posted 18 years ago by thompc    [ Reply ]
FYI, she played Johnny Cash' mom in Walk the Line.
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
radiojunkie wrote:
You can call it what you like. I just love this Bonnie Raitt - Isaac Hayes duet.
Posted 18 years ago by laprincessa    [ Reply ]
You can call it what you like. I just love this Bonnie Raitt - Isaac Hayes duet.
Posted 18 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
algrif wrote:
When it starts, I always think she's going to sing that '50 ways to leave your lover' Paul Simon thing.
I just came over here to say the same thing.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
When it starts, I always think she's going to sing that '50 ways to leave your lover' Paul Simon thing.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
mrrmt wrote:
I'd love to hear some of Shelby Lynne's "I am Shelby Lynne" on RP. That album is fantastic...
Absolutely. I just checked and there's *no* Shelby Lynne (other than this) on this station!! That's just not right. My MP3s aren't encoded high enough to upload - can anyone help out?
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
I'd love to hear some of Shelby Lynne's "I am Shelby Lynne" on RP. That album is fantastic...
Posted 18 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
Bad ass blues! Just bought the album....for that ONE song!
Posted 18 years ago by adunn    [ Reply ]
ohso soulful yikes! RP delivers da goods, yo?
Posted 18 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
This is exactly why I listen to RP. Can't wait to download some more of this!
Posted 18 years ago by Magnus    [ Reply ]
Thank you baby_M, for this upload! I love it.
Posted 18 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
This is indeed Radio Paradise! Delightful music.
Posted 18 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
I like this sh****t... I really like it.... knew I would. **********************************
Posted 18 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
Play "Polk Salad Annie" Bring on Da' Funk!
Posted 18 years ago by crystalboy    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
Just a side comment here, but some people may not know that Shelby Lynne's father shot her mother and himself to death while she watched on. Tragic really.
ok, that makes me goosebumply. how sad.
Posted 18 years ago by four_felicity    [ Reply ]
A lot better duo than Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood!
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
janellish wrote:
i almost wish shelby lynne was singing throughout... i like her voice much better. the song itself drags a bit. also, the cover art reminds me of those newfangled hewlett-packard ads.
I thought I recognised her voice. More Shelby Lynne should be played on RP, IMHO. Her sister isn't too bad either. This song would be so much better if it were just Shelby singing. 5.
Posted 18 years ago by GoldenBoy    [ Reply ]
Like the addition of Shelby... haven't heard her before.
Posted 18 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
have good, get give babyarm
Posted 18 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
nice song, better than Pinpinela
Posted 18 years ago by higado    [ Reply ]
Just a side comment here, but some people may not know that Shelby Lynne's father shot her mother and himself to death while she watched on. Tragic really.
Posted 18 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
maybe chef sounds like Tony Joe White......
Posted 18 years ago by basilandroses    [ Reply ]
i almost wish shelby lynne was singing throughout... i like her voice much better. the song itself drags a bit. also, the cover art reminds me of those newfangled hewlett-packard ads.
Posted 18 years ago by janellish    [ Reply ]
This guy sounds like Chef (Isaac Hayes) !!! "Hello children!"
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
"Got some Tony Joe White on the stereo..." Yeah!
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Beautiful album cover. Tune isn't bad, either.
Posted 18 years ago by tinkerbelly    [ Reply ]
Tony Joe White? I think he's been around awhile. I heard another song by him a few years ago called Stud Spider and it might make you wonder if this guy's for real or not. I don't know....I laugh when I hear this guy.
Posted 18 years ago by eddief    [ Reply ]
Beanie wrote:
I just love Shelby Lynne -- She has a lot of the soul of Joan Osborne with the vocal shadings of Bonnie Raitt. Wonderful. Really. Oh, the guy is OK, too. ;)
I was thinking she sounds a bit like Bonnie myself!
Posted 18 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
This is all right, but you should check out the cover/collaboration that Shelby does of Tony Joe's "Rainy Night In Georgia" on her latest release, with TJ playing guitar - it's pretty awesome, then again it's such a good song to begin with.
Posted 18 years ago by SCJoniguy    [ Reply ]
I just love Shelby Lynne -- She has a lot of the soul of Joan Osborne with the vocal shadings of Bonnie Raitt. Wonderful. Really. Oh, the guy is OK, too. ;)
Posted 18 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
My first upload, and the Best Blues Ever. Thank you, RP! I believe in livin', givin' all I got And I'm strong enough, 'cept when I'm not Little piece of daylight, time to move on It's just a reminder . . . I can't go back home.
Posted 18 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]