Blues Power/Shoot out on the Plantation - Leon Russell

Woah, Junior and the drummer are fighting

About a woman in the neighborhood

Oh, the drummer never hit a bad lick in his life

And Junior never hit any good

Yeah, the colonel said that women are for loving, not fighting

But that didn’t clear the air

'Cause Junior’s still living in the blackboard jungle

With his Elvis Presley hair

Yeah, the drummer’s got the drum, the colonel’s got the gun

And Junior’s only got a knife, he’d better run

It’s a shootout on the plantation, it’s so hard to understand

Why do some people have to hurt somebody?

The firewater’s not the villain

Yeah, the last one to kiss is the first to shoot

And stabbing your friends is such a drag to boot

It’s a shootout on the plantation

Oh, heaven help Mister Swan, yeah

And the cold steel blade is shining

Enough to cause your blood to freeze

But the drummer is drumming a Rolling Stones' number

On Junior’s head and on his knees

Oh, Oklahoma’s lonesome cowboys

Are turned on in Tinsel Town

I knew there’d be some cameras rolling

If Andy was standing around

Yeah, the drummer’s got the drum, the colonel’s got the gun

And Junior’s only got a knife, he’d better run

It’s a shootout on the plantation, it’s so hard to understand

Why do some people have to hurt somebody?

The firewater’s not the villain

Yeah, the last one to kiss is the first to shoot

And stabbing your friends is such a drag to boot

It’s a shootout on the plantation

Oh, heaven help Mister Swan, help me

Yeah now, the drummer’s got the drum, the colonel’s got the gun

And Junior’s only got a knife, he’d better run

It’s a shootout on the plantation, it’s so hard to understand

Why do some people have to hurt somebody?

The firewater’s not the villain

Yeah, the last one to kiss is the first to shoot

And stabbing your friends is such a drag to boot

It’s a shootout on the plantation

Oh, heaven help Mister Swan, yeah

Won’t somebody help me

You gotta help me, help me, help me

Help me, help me, help me, help me, help me

Whoa won’t you help me, help me

Whoo why don’t you help me?

Why don’t you tell me about it?

Why don’t you scream and shout it?

Whoa won’t you help me, help me?

Mmm help me help me

Won’t heaven help mister?

Won’t you kiss your sister?

Whoa, won’t you heaven help mister?