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Right Place, Wrong Time

by Mike Lawson & Friends

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dr. John's "Right Place, Wrong Time," released April, 1973. I've loved this one since I was a little kid, and always wanted to cover it.

Dr. John was a good friend of my late mentor, Merl Saunders, and one of the last people to visit him in the hospital before Merl passed in 2008. They recorded a duet years earlier, "Play the Paris Blues," which I covered on an album called "More Wonders of the Visible World" in a duet with Dianne Davidson.

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I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
I'd have said the right thing
But must have used the wrong line

I been on the right trip
But I must have used the wrong car
Head is in a bad place and I wonder what it's good for

I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
My head is in a bad place
But I'm having such a good time

I've been running trying to get hung up in my mind
Really got to give myself a good talking to this time
Just need a little brain salad surgery
I got to cure my insecurity

But I've been in the wrong place
But it must have been the right time
I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong song

I been in the right vein
But it seems like a wrong arm
I been in the right world
But it seems like wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong

Slipping, dodging, sneaking, creeping, hiding out down the street
See my life shaking with every who I meet
Refried confusion is making itself clear
Wonder which way do I go to get on out of here

But I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time

I'd have said the right thing
But I must have used the wrong line

I took the right road
But I must have took a wrong turn

I took a right move
But I made it at the wrong time

I was in the right trip
But I made it in the wrong car

Head is in a good place, and I wonder what it's bad for

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released April 6, 2023
Words and Music by Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack - aka Dr John
Copyright Mystical Light Music and WB Music Corp, administered by Sony/ATV

Vocal, rhythm guitar, clav, Hammond M3, bass, - Mike Lawson
Piano - Phil Madeira
Backing Vocals - Emily Lynn
Lead Guitar - Phil Keaggy
Drums - Joe Montague
Trombone, Sax, Trumpet, - The Terminus Horns

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Mike Lawson & Friends Nashville, Tennessee

Mike Lawson has, over 30 years, recorded and/or performed together with Merl Saunders, Vince Welnick, Vassar Clements, Pete Sears, Gary Talley, John McEuen, Bob Welch, Dennis Robbins, Joe Louis Walker, Jorma Kaukonen, Phil Keaggy, Jack Casady, Scott Guberman, Dianne Davidson, Noah Wall, Tyra Juliette, Bill Vitt, Rob Wasserman, Michael Cleveland, Phil Madeira, and a host of other amazing friends. ... more

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