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Hesitation Blues

by John Pearse

on Real Music (2007), Blues, Rags And Raga (1972)

Got my hesitation stockings, hesitation shoes
Believe to my soul I've got the hesitation blues
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?

Well, I'm tanding on a corner with a dollar in my hand
Lookin' for a woman who's looking for a man
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?

Yeah –
Now, a nickel is a nickel and a dime is a dime
I got a house full of kids, one of them must be mine
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?

I ain't the doctor, I'm the doctor's son
But I can do the doctorin' 'till the doctor comes
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?

Ain't never been to heaven, but I've been told
Old Saint Peter knows how to jelly roll
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?

'Cause I ain't the doctor, I'm the doctor's son
But I can do the doctorin' 'till the doctor comes
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?

Got my hesitation stockings, hesitation shoes
Believe to my soul I've got the hesitation blues
And tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get you now? Oh no, must I hesitate?