Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
Rufus & Friend
Prince Conley
Canes
The Astors
Eddie Kirk
Rufus Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
Floyd Newman
Rufus Thomas
Bobby Marchan
The Cobras
Barbara & The Browns
Dorothy Williams
Baracudas
Barbara & The Browns
Gorgeous George
The Astors
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Ruby Johnson
Rufus Thomas
Mable John
Sam & Dave
Mable John
Shirley Walton
Delaney & Bonnie
Linda Lyndell
Judy Clay & William Bell
Judy Clay
The Staple Singers
Rufus Thomas
Jeanne & The Darlings
Booker T. & The MG’s
Mable John
Judy Clay & William Bell
Jimmy Hughes
Art Jerry Miller
Eddie Floyd
Booker T. & The MG’s
Jeanne & The Darlings
The Bar-Kays
The Soul Children
Ollie & The Nightingales
William Bell
Booker T. & The MG’s
Carla Thomas
Shack
The Nightingales
The Newcomers
Ilana (Stax)
The Soul Children
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Lee Sain
Hot Sauce (Stax)
The Mad Lads
Isaac Hayes & David Porter
Jean Knight
Johnnie Taylor
Isaac Hayes
John Gary Williams
Major Lance
Hot Sauce (Stax)
The Soul Children
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
The Staple Singers
Shirley Brown
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Frederick Knight
The Green Brothers
John Gary Williams
Billy Eckstine
Chuck Boris
Barbara Lewis
O.B. McClinton
Billy Eckstine
Ben Atkins
O.B. McClinton
Big Ben (Stax)
Don Nix
Don Nix
Chico Hamilton
Cliff Cochran
Connie Eaton
Karan Casey
The Goodees
Bobby Whitlock
The Goodees
Billy Lee Riley
This Generation
Billy Lee Riley
The Village Squad & The Regular Crew
The Goodees
Paris Pilot
Black Oak Arkansas
Big Star
The Hot Dogs (USA)
Big Star
The Hot Dogs (USA)
Big Star
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
Rev. Maceo Woods And The Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
Pops Staples
The Rance Allen Group
The Rance Allen Group
Louise McCord
Charles May & Annette May Thomas
The Rance Allen Group
The People’s Choir Of Operation Push
The Rance Allen Group
Louise McCord
The Rance Allen Group
[Verse 1]
I tried to tell you but you wouldn't believe
The day you left me your poor aunt would grieve
And now the time has come to say goodbye
I feel so good I just could rock
You tried to be slick, yes you did
And got put in a trick
[Verse 2]
Yeah, it's nothin' new but it's somethin' old
I know your story and it's got too be told
You were so smart you just wouldn't learn
You played with fire and got your fingers burned
You tried to be slick, yes you did
And got put in a trick
[Chorus]
But that's the way that it goes
That's the way that the ball bounces
That's the way that the cookie crumble
And everybody knows that's the way that it goes
[Verse 3]
I gave you everything you ever dreamed off
But all you gave up was a part time love
You told your friends all over town
I was somethin' good just too have around
You tried to be slick, yes you did
And got put in a trick
[Chorus]
But that's the way that it goes, baby
That's the way that the ball bounces
That's the way that the cookie crumble
And everybody knows that's the way that it goes
[Outro]
Ah you gotta get yourself together baby
That's the way everything happens now-a-days
Let me tell you one thing right from the heart
When you [?] it falls right back in your face
And when it does all you gotta say and everybody knows that the way the story goes