Swamp Dogg - Mama's Baby, Daddy's Maybe / Synthetic World

Uno de los grandes del Soul, un tipo que siempre ha ido por libre y hecho lo que le daba la gana (Gracias a lo cual se ha tenido que ganar la vida conduciendo un taxi en Nueva York durante un porrón de años, claro...). Swamp Dogg, (Jerry Williams) es autor de grandísimas canciones del género como "Did I Stay Away Too Long", "Total Destruction To Your Mind", "I Was Born Blue", o las dos que traigo hoy: "Synthetic World", la primera canción que escuché de él (una version, creo, aunque solo la conozco por él), y de la que hay un video bastante majo en Amsterdam...



Y la desternillante "Mama's Baby, Daddy's Maybe" de la que dejo las letras...



You see, she never made me no good
she's been seen with a man in my neighborhood
she comes home late, I ask her where she's been
all the woman tells me is she's going back again
she ain't never settled down, she's always been wild
and now I'm wondering about our only child

could it be...
Mama's baby, Daddy's maybe
I guess I don't really, really wanna know

I got brown eyes, and so does she
but my baby's got blue eyes, that's a mystery to me
and he's a little brighter, a wee bit lighter
than anybody in our families

could it be...
Mama's baby, Daddy's maybe
I guess I don't really, really wanna know

bingo games, she always wins
comes home with mink coats, cadillac cars, money and all sorts of things
and let me tell you one more thing
the PTA meetings all week through
and our child is too young to even go to school,
oh, man!

It don't favor me, and it don't favor you
in a case like this, what are we supposed to do?
maybe the doctor made a mistake
and gave the wrong child away

How could it be???
Mama's baby, Daddy's maybe
I guess I don't really, really wanna know
I guess, I don't really...

Oh, Lord, Lord!...