Woke Up This Morning (Y'all Gotta Come) Lyrics
Alabama 3
Lyrics
You woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun,
Mama always said you'd be
The Chosen One.
She said: You're one in a million
You've got to burn to shine,
But you were born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes.
You woke up this morning
All the love has gone,
Your Papa never told you
About right and wrong.
But you're looking good, baby,
I believe you're feeling fine, (shame about it),
Born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes.
You woke up this morning
The world turned upside down,
Thing's ain't been the same
Since the Blues walked into town.
But you're one in a million
You've got that shotgun shine.
Born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes.
When you woke up this morning everything you had was
gone. By half past ten your head was going ding-dong.
Ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes,
like a voice telling you there was something you should
know. Last night you were flying but today you're so low
ain't it times like these that make you wonder if
you'll ever know the meaning of things as they appear to
the others; wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and
brothers. Don't you wish you didn't function, wish you
didn't think beyond the next paycheck and the next little
drink' Well you do so make up your mind to go on, 'cos
when you woke up this morning everything you had was gone.
(Woke up this mornin')
When ya woke up this mornin'
Woke up this mornin'
Ya, woke up this mornin'
Woke up this mornin', you wanna be
You wanna be the chosen one
(Yeah, you know what you're talkin' about)
You just can't help yourself, yeah
Woke up this mornin'
When ya, woke up this mornin'
(Woke up this mornin')
(Woke up this mornin')
Woke up this mornin' and
(My dreams gone bad)
Got yourself a gun (gotta hold, a-wind yourself up)
A-got yourself a gun
Got yourself a gun.
Got yourself a gun.
Got yourself a gun.
Got yourself a gun...
Song & Lyrics Facts
"Woke Up This Morning (Y'All Gotta Come)" is a song by British band Alabama 3, released as the first single from their 1997 debut album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The track was written by Rob Spragg, Larry Love and Jake Black and produced by Mark "Spike" Stent.
It features samples from the theme tune of the popular 1960s television series The Sopranos. The song combines elements of country, blues, gospel and electronic music and has become an iconic anthem for the band. Its lyrics were written by Rob Spragg and Larry Love, with additional contributions from Jake Black. The song's title references a line in the A3 track "Ain't Goin' to Goa". Band members include Rob Spragg, Larry Love, Jake Black, Piers Marsh, David De La Haye, Steve Finnerty and John Kpiaye. The lyrics of the song are full of witty one-liners that make it stand out from other songs of its genre.