There are plenty of reasons to like singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keb’ Mo’s latest album BLUESAmericana, and we’ll tell you all about them in our review of the album coming up here on The BluesPowR Blog. But in the meantime, we couldn’t resist taking a closer look at some of the lyrics from the project, perhaps our favorite of which happen to be from the album’s opening track, a groovy little diddy about hope called “The Worst is Yet to Come”.
We’ve all had our bad days, of course, when it seems like nothing is going our way, which is exactly what the man in this song experiences. And although Keb’ and co-writer Pete Sallis do manage to present the slightest bit of positive with words such as “Now the sun keeps on shinin’, just like it should/ when I take a look around me, I guess I’m doin’ pretty good”, the rest of the song is the blues at its grooving best, with Keb providing guitar, banjo, harmonica, and tambourine in addition to vocals, and also featuring special guest Colin Linden on mandolin and helping out on hand claps.
“Woke up this mornin’, wrong side of the bed –
‘ever happened last night, you know, I’m feelin’ it in my head.
Lord have mercy,
and the day ain’t even begun.
Well, I got a bad, bad feeling
that the worst is yet to come.
Didn’t get no breakfast, didn’t get no lunch.
But I did get two weeks notice, they gonna’ close the factory up.
Lord have mercy,
and the day ain’t even done.
Well, I got a bad, bad feeling
that the worst is yet to come…
Got back to my house, open up the door.
She took everything I had, and the dog took a shit on the floor.
Lord have mercy,
even the bedbugs up and run.
You know, I got a bad, bad feeling
that the worst is yet to come.”
– “The Worst is Yet to Come”, Kevin Moore & Pete Sallis
Here’s hoping that you’re having a better week than this guy…