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When I was still young man, my life was fine and dandy,
Girlfriend sweet as sugar and she always gave me candy…
I’d never heard about…the no roots blues
You know, life could get no better and there was never talk of whether I’d wind up suffering from…the no roots blues.

Then one day it started, my girlfriend gave me nothin’
I said “I’m like a pillow babe, sometimes I need some fluffin’”
I stood up and shook hands with…the no roots blues
You know it’s not like a reunion, we can get down to it sooner.
Please don’t leave me stewin’ here in a pot…of the no roots blues.

Don’t know when it started, but I sure know when it came.
Unlike me the fool who could not get into the game,
oh I was wallowin’…in the no roots blues.
You know I need another lover cos she treats me like my mother
Can’t see you see I’m suffering from…the no roots blues

Went down to the doctor man, to grab me a prescription
He said “why what’s your ailment boy?” so I gave him this description
I said Doctor Man, I got the no roots blues
My love temple was the Taj Mahal and now it sits in dereliction
Do I go the handy-man cos I’m staring down eviction?
Doctor man, can’t you see I’m dying here…from the no roots blues.

If I were one for choices, if I were a man of action
I’d get this stone’a'rollin’, try to get some satisfaction…
I wouldn’t tolerate, these no roots blues…
You know I’d get a better lover or at least get me another
Try to find a way around…the no roots blues.

When I am dead and buried, when I’m lyin’ in the ground.
You won’t find a single tree for fifty feet around
Cause well trees need roots you know, and there are none near me.
I’ll just be lyin’ there with mud and dirt for hair
The GUY who sang about and suffered from… the no roots blues…

(A song inspired by the fact the Blues and Roots festival at Byron had very little blues or roots this year and managed to fill the bill with talent such as Vanessa Amorossi)…