Delbert McClinton - Birmingham Tonight

Lyrics

It sure is cold tonight out here on this highway

And my mind is on someone warm and far away

Although it's been all wrong

I know I'd make it right

If I could be in Birmingham tonight

I'd take her to that place we used to go

Yeah, and we'd dance to that ol' jukebox just once more

I'd hold her close until the morning light

If I could be in Birmingham tonight

That Alabama moon would put a shine on

This ol' faded love of hers and mine

And I can't help but fee

That everything would be alright

If I could be in Birmingham tonight

Chicago ain't no place to be alone

And this old storm here in my heart just keeps raging on

But I know what to do to make it right

I think I'll make a call to Birmingham tonight

That Alabama moon would put a shine on

This ol' faded love of hers and mine

Now I can't help but feel

That everything would be alright

If I could be in Birmingham tonight

That Alabama moon would put a shine on

This ol' faded love of hers and mine

Now I can't help but fee

That everything would be alright

If I could be in Birmingham tonight

Trivia

Birmingham Tonight is a track from NOTHING PERSONAL, which won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

This Texas bluesman's long career is full of critically acclaimed recordings if not breakthrough commercial successes. Considering his perennial cult status, Delbert McClinton is to be commended for avoiding the crossover-bid celebrity-duets approach taking by so many other baby-boomer blues artists.

On NOTHING PERSONAL, as with the rest of his output, McClinton is more concerned with recording gritty, hard-hitting blues than with becoming a star. From the sharp, angular guitar riffs to the greasy Hammond organ stabs, this is modern urban blues with an attitude. McClinton's delivery is consistently soulful and convincing, but his lyrical style is often light-hearted and ironic, and it's this combination of strong emotion and easy humor that separates him from the pack.

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