Doodlin'
Usin' the phone booth, Makin' a few calls, Doodlin' weird things, Usin' the booth walls. Got me a big date, Waitin' for my chick, Puttin' my face on, So she could look slick, I enjoy procrastinating 'Cause I'm busy while I'm waiting, Doodlin' away, doodlin away Sittin' and dinin' (dining) Dinner beginnin', Started designin' Usin' the linen, Talkin' to my date, Doodlin' my bit, Waiter got salty, Told me to please quit Told the waiter, "Don't be dizzy, "Can't you see I'm very busy, "Doodlin' away, doodlin' away." "Do you doodle all day?" Asked the waiter in his way, "Do you doodle all night?" Told the waiter he was right, "In your doodlin' way-" "That's the way I'm gonna stay," "Are you thinkin' things right?" "Doodlin' sheds a lot of light," "Don't know what I can do," "Ain't nothing you can do," "With old doodlin' you," "Doodin's all I want to do," That's for true! Why does every single thing I see Look exactly like a doodle to me? If I ever have a doubt What life is all about I get my pencil out and then commence to doodlin' And I find it real relaxing 'Specially when I feel that life is really taxing! 'Cause weird designs They only show what's going on In weirder minds Those when you doodle then your noodle's flying blind Every little thing that you write Just conceivably might Be a thought that you capture While coppin' a wink Doodlin' takes you beyond what you see When you write what you think. I'd feel so lost without my doodlin', Doodlin' really helps me ease my mind, I'd be tempest-tossed Without my doodlin', When I'm doodlin' there's one thing I find, Truly, I really really really really really truly truly wanna figure out What my doodlin's all about. Later the waiter Had me arrested, Took me to Bellevue, Where I was tested. Had me a doctor Probin' my noodle, 'Fore he was half-done, Taught him to doodle, Showed him hidden thoughts that linger Find an outlet through your finger, Doodlin' away, doodlin' away. Doctor was real nice, Told me to be cool, Looked at the waiter, Called him the real fool, Looked at my baby Told me he dug her, Got me to doodlin', So he could bug her, When he put his arms around her, Quite to his surprise he found her, Doodlin' away, doodlin' away We just doodle all day!
Blues + Jazz
1994-03-22
- Someday
- The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
- The Midnight Hour
- Worried Life Blues
- Low Society
- Losing Hand
- Sinner's Prayer
- Funny (But I Still Love You)
- Feelin' Sad
- I Wonder Who
- Nobody Cares
- Ray's Blues
- Mr. Charles' Blues
- Blackjack
- Come Back
- A Fool For You
- Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
- Drown In My Own Tears
- What Would I Do Without You
- I Want A Little Girl
- Early In The Mornin'
- (Night Time Is) The Right Time
- Two Years Of Torture
- I Believe To My Soul
- The Man I Love
- Music, Music, Music
- I Surrender Dear
- Hornful Soul
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Doodlin'
- Sweet Sixteen Bars
- Undecided
- Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2
- X-Ray Blues
- Love On My Mind
- Fathead
- Bill For Bennie
- Hard Times
- Willow Weep For Me
- The Spirit-Feel
Great Ray Charles
2004-05-10
- Ray
- My Melancholy Baby
- Black Coffee
- There's No You
- Doodlin'
- Sweet Sixteen Bars
- I Surrender Dear
- Undecided
Original Album Series
2010-02-16
- The Ray
- My Melancholy Baby
- Black Coffee
- There's No You
- Doodlin'
- Sweet Sixteen Bars
- I Surrender Dear
- Undecided
- Night Time Is The Right Time (Live At Newport Jazz)
- In A Little Spanish Town (Live At Newport Jazz)
- I've Got A Woman (Live At Newport Jazz)
- Blues Waltz (Live At Newport Jazz)
- Hot Rod (Live At Newport Jazz)
- Talkin' 'Bout You (Live At Newport Jazz)
- Sherry (Live At Newport Jazz)
- A Fool For You (Live At Newport Jazz)
- Let The Good Times Roll
- It Had To Be You
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Two Years Of Torture
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Deed I Do
- Just For A Thrill
- You Won't Let Me Go
- Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
- Am I Blue
- come Rain Or Come Shine
- Early In The Morning (Single/Lp Version)
- Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (R&B Lp Version)
- The Moonlight Hour
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- Feelin' Sad
- Ray's Blues (Single/Lp Version)
- I'm Movin' On (Single/Lp Version)
- I Believe To My Soul
- Nobody Cares (Single/Lp Version)
- Mr. Charles Blues (Single/Lp Version)
- Some Day Baby
- I Wonder Who
- The Genius After Hours
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Dawn Ray
- Joy Ride
- Hornful Soul
- The Man I Love
- Charlesville
- Music, Music, Music
- Jumpin' In The Mornin'
- Funny (But I Still Love You)
- I Got A Break Baby
- Hard Times (No One
- Knows Better Than I)
- Blues Hangover
- What Would I Do
- Without You
- Dawn Ray
- The Man I Love
- Music, Music, Music
- Black Coffee
- The Ray
- I Surrender Dear
- Hornful Soul
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Joy Ride
- Sweet Sixteen Bars
- Doodlin'
- There's No You
- Undecided
- My Melancholy Baby
- It's All Right
- Get On The Right Track Baby
- How Long Blues - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
- Cosmic Ray - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
- The Genius After Hours
- Charlesville
- Bags Of Blues - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
- Blue Funk - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
- Soul Brothers - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
- Bag's Guitar Blues - Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
- Soul Meeting - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
- Blue Genius - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
- X-Ray Blues - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
- Love On My Mind - Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
- Early In The Mornin'
- Carrying That Load (Single Version)
- Fathead - David Newman
- Tin Tin Deo - David Newman
- Bill For Bennie - David Newman
- Mean To Me - David Newman
- Sweet Eyes - David Newman
- Weird Beard - David Newman
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Rehearsal Session With
- Ahmet Ertegun (1953)
- Unknown Title
- Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1
- Losing Hand & Dialog #1
- Little Rock Getaway & Dialog
- Kentucky Waltz
- Heartbreaker & Dialog
- Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2
- Losing Hand & Dialog #2
- Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (W/ Reverb)
- Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (W/ Reverb)
- It Should've Been Me & Dialog
- Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3
- Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4
- Low Society & Dialog #1
- Boogie Woogie
- Low Society & Dialog #2
- Worried Life Blues
- Come Back Baby (Walter Davis Version)& Dialog
- Low Society
- (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Takes 1–7)& Dialog
- Ray's Arrangement Suggestions For
- The Genius Of Ray Charles Album (1959)Dialog
- It Had To Be You & Dialog
- My Buddy & Dialog Dialog
- When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog
- I'm Beginning To See The Light.
- Let The Good Times Roll & Dialog
- Ray Charles On Voice Of America, 1960 (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival)
- Lil' Darlin'
- Interview With Ahmet Ertegun
