i was sittin in the dressing room with brownie mcgee he was drinkin that milk with that dewar s whiskey said john there s nothin written anywhere suggests the blues will set you free old days are comin back to me i was ridin in the back seat with sonny terry little harmonica player used to drive him around i think his name was harry tried to get him to eat tofu raw vegetables nuts and berries but sonny wasn t havin any of it he let me share a room with em for a couple of weeks sonny slept with his good eye open staring out from under the sheets i was young and uncomfortable i don t mind tellin ya kinda gave me the creeps old days are comin back to me old days are comin back to me don t know what was so good about em i played practically free i had nothin to live up to everywhere to be old days are comin back to me on some dates with mose allison somewhere out in the midwest said some of my reminded him of the poet kenneth patchen i took it as a compliment he was referring to the line about wearin neon signs on your wounds later on i knew what he meant old days are comin back to me on a date with john lee hooker at a packed joint up in washington he came in with a gorgeous woman on each arm as i was singing my song walked em right up and sat em on the edge of the stage as i went singing along and that s called evenin son i m the headliner old days are comin back to me i don t know what was so great about em i played practically free but i had nothing to live up to and everywhere to be old days are comin back to me played a gig with john hammond jr up in vancouver bc exotic dancer came in my dressing room started dancing exotically they were smoking something in the audience that night smelled exactly like cat pee old days are comin back to me opened up a gig for gatemouth brown down in baton rouge he was playing that hillbilly jazz cajun country zydeco and blues throwin it out past the walls like some kind of musical centrifuge old days are comin back to me old days are comin back to me i don t know what was so good about em i played practically free but i had nothin to live up to everywhere to be old days are comin back to me old days are comin back to me i don t know what was so great about em i played practically free but i had nothin to live up to everywhere to be old days are comin back to me old days are comin back to me