Further Up The Road:Bobby Bland.
#1 R&B in 1957.

#1.
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Further on up the road..someone's gonna hurt you

like you hurt me.
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Further on up the road..someone's gonna hurt you
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like you hurt me.
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Further on up the road..baby, you just wait and see.

#2.
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You got to reap just what you sow.
Ab
That old saying is true.
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You got to reap just what you sow.
                   Ab
That old saying is true.
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Like you mistreat someone..someone's gonna 
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mistreat you.

#3.
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Now you're laughing, pretty baby..someday, you're 

gonna be crying.
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Now you're laughing, pretty baby..someday, you're 
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gonna be crying.
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Further on up the road..you found out I wasn't lying.

(INTERLUDE:)

#4.
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Further on up the road..when you're all alone and blue.
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Further on up the road..when you're all alone and blue.
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You're gonna ask me to take you back, baby..but I'll 
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have somebody new.

OUTRO:
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Mmm, baby..further on up the road.
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Mmm, baby..further on up the road..(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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