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Track 7 from their fifth album "Number 5" released in 1970 copyright Capitol Records. It was recorded at Cinderella Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and features some of the best country session players of the day. The country music influence resulted in the album having a perfect "country rock" sound on several songs. Other songs were critical of the government and the ongoing Vietnam War and it was their most political album to date. Original bassist Lonnie Turner left the band early in the recording sessions and was replaced by Bobby Winkelman. Turner would return to the band for their most successful period in the mid-seventies. It was the last album to feature original drummer and vocalist Tim Davis who left the band once recording was completed. He and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley joined English musician Terry Reid's backing band and appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival that year. This was their first release to be produced by the band themselves after Glyn Johns had produced their first four albums. It received above average reviews and reached No. 23 on the Billboard chart. Written by Ben Sidran and produced by the Steve Miller Band. RIP Tim Davis, Nicky Hopkins, Bobby Thompson & Lonnie Turner. Featuring:

Steve Miller - Lead vocals, lead, rhythm & 12-string acoustic guitars, synthesizer & background vocals, piano on "Good Morning" and bass on "Hot Chili"
Ben Sidran - Hammond B-3 organ
Nicky Hopkins - Piano & organ
James "Curly" Cooke - Rhythm & acoustic guitars
Bobby Winkelman - Bass & background vocals, lead vocal & 12-string acoustic guitar on "Good Morning"
Lonnie Turner - Bass on "Never Kill Another Man"
Tim Davis - Drums & background vocals, lead vocals on "Hot Chili" & "Tokin's"
Special Guests:
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica on "I Love You," "Going to the Country" & "Tokin's"
Jim Miller - Lead guitar on "Good Morning"
Wayne Moss - Rhythm guitar & bass on "Tokin's"
Lee Michaels - Organ on "Going to Mexico"
Bud Billings - Trumpet on "Hot Chili"
Buddy Spicher - Violin on "Going to the Country"
Bobby Thompson - Banjo on "Tokin's"
Jim Tillman - Drums on "Steve Miller's Midnight Tango"
The Norman Keith Spicher String Heptad - Strings on "Never Kill Another Man"

You have a cup of coffee and another cigarette
You're waiting for your baby but she hasn't shown yet
And if she doesn't make it, well, you've got no regrets
Because you can't win or lose if you ain't made no bets

And then she comes in walkin' lookin' fine as you please
You wanna stop and drop right down on your knees and say
Baby, whoa

You say you never worry 'cause you don't need a home
Don't need an address, don't need a phone
And you don't have to worry 'bout bein' alone
'Cause you can make your music on a ten-cent comb

And then she comes in walkin' lookin' fine as you please
You wanna stop and drop right down on your knees and say
Baby, whoa