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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 19
from , copyright
notice
Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy Lord
Hurts you go bad for us to part
But some day baby,
you ain't gonna worry my life any more
She's on my mind, she's on my mind, every place I go
How much I love her nobody knows
But some day baby,
you ain't gonna worry my life any more
So many nights, since you been gone,
I been wonderin', how my life goes on
But some day baby,
you ain't gonna worry my life any more
And my story, here's all I got to say,
"Goodbye baby, don't care what you do"
But some day baby,
you ain't gonna worry my life any more
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 19
from Nothin'
But The Blues (Collectables
5146), copyright
notice
Good Lord, just let me live 'til tomorrow,
I'm gonna send you another prayer
This is taped
Yes, 'til tomorrow,
this black man gonna send you another prayer
You know, sometimes I begin to wonder,
what in the world am I doin' over here?
You don't love me no more, baby,
and I can't see the reason why
You don't love me no more, baby,
po' Lightnin' can't see the reason why
You know, I never told you no story,
if you don't understand that,
and I never have told you a lie
Yeah, the birds was singin',
and the wind begin to blow
Yeah, the birds was singin',
you know, the wind begin to blow
You know when a pigeon joined in and went to singin',
I never heard such a sweet voice before
You know a pigeon mean more than one that fly in the
air?
It can be a stool pigeon, you know that's, you know what
that is?
One that sit on a stool and pimp to the law
That is a pigeon
I want everybody understand me so they know,
I just done give up and I ain't gonna try,
to live they life no more,
No, no more
You know, I ain't gonna find no heaven here,
now, no place on earth I go
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Talkin'
Some Sense
by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1968
from Lightnin' Hopkins The Ultimate Texas
Bluesman (Bluetab BTAB CD-1000), copyright
notice
Hello baby
Little girl, are you gonna wake up today?
Hello, hello baby,
(spoken: I'm lookin' at ya)
Little girl, is you gonna wake up today?
Just go ahead sleep on, ol' sleepy head
I'll go down on the job and draw your pay
(spoken: But she's my baby)
I'm gonna take you back to poor mama, little girl
Say, can't your mother talk some sense in your head?
Father would kill you, if that old man heard just what you
said
That's why I'm gonna carry you back to your dear old
mother
Say, can't she talk some sense in your head?
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The
Foot Race Is On
by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 19
from Golden
Classics Pt. 3: Mama & Papa Hopkins (Collectables
COL-5145), copyright
notice
What you look at me for? Look out man
What's the matter with you, I fixin' to, whoa
That man gonna jump on me,
and I just got to move on out of his way
That's all there is to it,
but, I'm goin'
Tell me, baby, what you tryin to do?
Tryin' to mistreat me and I ain't done nothin' to you
Mama told me now understand,
just keep-a truckin' like a man.
I'm gone, sure gone
I ain't jokin', no time waitin' on
Just keep on goin'
Look it here, baby, what you tryin' to do?
Tryin' to love me and my brother too
Mama told me now understand,
sit and listen with a plate in her hand
I know, gotta go
Gotta go, pretty baby,
God knows I ain't lyin'
See, that's when it's gettin' soft,
see, I was gettin tired,
and I just slowed down a little bit
Foot race is on though
Look-a yonder what I do see,
whole lotta somethin' comin' after me
But, I'm gone,
they'll have a hard time catchin' ol' Lightnin'
Now that I got a little air,
feel a little better now
Keep on runnin'
You know they run me, edge of town,
they got tired and they turned around
I sure felt good, I didn't have to run no more
I ain't jokin', I ain't jivin',
God knows I ain't carryin' on
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1964
from Complete
Prestige/Bluesville Recordings (Bluesville 7PCD-4406-2 and
Prestige 4406-2),
copyright
notice
(Sound like I hear that wolf howlin'...)
Yeah I'm the wolf and everybody in the world,
trying to find out who I prowl
I'm the wolf and everybody in the world,
they're trying to find out who I hound
Well you know they can't see me at night,
but they can hear me when I howl
(Howl, wolf, I said howl, now you're howlin'!)
I take time when I'm prowlin',
wipe my tracks out with my tail
(A lot of people wonder why I do this but I wanna tell
you)
I take time when I come prowlin',
wipe my tracks out with my tail
That's in order that no one discover,
whoa Lord he can't cross my trail
I'm that wolf, dig a hole,
stick my nose down in the ground
I'm that wolf, dig a hole,
stick my nose deep down in the ground
Yeah you know I'll be hiding right at you baby,
you'll think I'm way out on the outskirts of town
(That's that wolf)
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1937, Houston
from Early
Recordings, Vol. 2 (Arhoolie
2010), copyright
notice
Yeah, you know it ain't but the one thing you know, this
black man done was wrong
Yeah, you know it ain't but the one thing, you know, this
black man done was wrong
Yes, you know I moved my wife and family down on mr. Tim
Moore's farm
Yeah, you know mr. Tim Moore's a man, he don't never stand
and grin
He just said, "Keep out of the graveyard, I'll save you from
the pen"
You know, soon in the morning he'll give you scrambled
eggs
Yes, but he's liable to call you so soon, you'll catch a
mule by his hind legs
Yes, you know I got a telegram this morning, boy, it read,
it say, "Your wife is dead"
I show it to mr. Moore, he said, "Go ahead, nigger you know
you got to plow old Red"
That white man says, "It's been raining, yes, and I'm way
behind
I may let you bury that woman one of these old dinner
times"
I told him, "No, mr. Moore; somebody's got to go"
He says, "If you ain't able to plow, Sam, stay up there and
grab your hoe"
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1964
from Complete
Prestige/Bluesville Recordings (Bluesville 7PCD-4406-2 and
Prestige 4406-2),
copyright
notice
Baby you got too many drivers, Lord when you ain't got but
just one wheel
Baby you got too many drivers, oh Lord when you ain't got
but just one wheel
Yeah, you know thinks look mighty funny when two men's, oh
Lord,
driving your little automobile
Yeah you know I'd rather be rolling down, I'd be rolling
down off a sandy hill
Yeah you know I'd rather be rolling down, I'd rather be
rolling down a sandy hill
Yeah I know you got so many drivers,
and you ain't got but one little wheel
Baby you outta go ahead on, I said and sell your little
automobile
Yes you outta go ahead on, woman and sell your little
automobile
Yes you know out of all them drivers you've gotten,
you're lucky if you don't get someone killed
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of November 15 1960
from Lightnin'
In New York (Candid LP 9010),
copyright
notice
Trouble, trouble, trouble,
trouble is all in the world I see
Trouble, trouble, trouble,
trouble is all in the world I see
Yeah you know I often wonder,
what in the world gonna become of me
Now when I wake up in the mornin',
blues and trouble all 'round my bed
When I wake up in the mornin',
blues and trouble all 'round my bed
Yeah you know I never will forget,
last what I heard my baby said
What did she say boy?
She said "Lightnin' I'm leavin' you in the mornin',
and you cryin' won't make me stay"
She said "I'm leavin' you in the mornin',
Lightnin' your cryin' won't make me stay"
I just said "I hope, little girl,
Po' Lightnin'll meet you again some day"
And she got sad and I did too, we had to moan a little
Well I had to tell 'r, "If you just gotta go
Hope I'll meet you again some day
If you just gotta go
Hope I'll meet you again some day
Yes when I do little girl,
you'll be done changed your evil way"
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Vietnam
War
by
recording of 19
from probably World's
In A Tangle (M.I.L. Multimedia
3036), copyright
notice
Mama said Son, how can you be happy when your brother way
over in Vietnam?
How can you be happy when your brother way over in
Vietnam?
I told her
I said "Mama he may got lucky and win some money
Oh he got to may bring some money back home"
Mama looked at me
She said "That ain't no way to talk about your brother"
But he's my child too
She said "Mister Johnson is tellin' everybody.
exactly what he want them to do"
All right my child
What if Uncle Sam was to call you boy? (I would be so
lonesome)
Oh I would miss you so much I may die
Yes if Uncle Sam should call you, Oh Lord I miss you so much
I may die
Yeah you know when you get over yon' and get to fightin'
them soldiers,
yeah you know you're gonna be fightin' way upon my heart
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1951, Houston
from A legend In His Own Time (Kent 9008),
copyright
notice
You may turn your radio on soon in the morning, sad news
every day
You may turn your radio on soon in the morning, sad news
every day
Yes, you know, I got a warning, trouble is on its way
Poor children running, crying, "Whoa, mama, mama, now what
shall we do?"
Poor children running, crying, "Whoa, mama, mama, now what
shall we do?"
"Yes" she said, "You had better pray, children, same thing
is happening to mama too"
I'm gonna dig me a hole this morning, dig it deep down in
the ground
I'rn gonna dig me a hole this morning, dig it deep down in
the ground
So if it should happen to drop a bomb around somewhere, I
can't hear the echo when it sounds
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by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 19
from Lightnin'
In New York (Candid LP 9010),
copyright
notice
Wonder why!
You said you leavin', I couldn't see the reason why
Baby you know you is in my life
Yes you leavin', gonna leave Po' Lightnin',
and I can't see the reason why
But just as sure as heaven hand like hell above
Baby I want you to remember little girl
You're the one I love,
and you leavin', ain't tellin' me nothin'
You won't say what for,
you won't say what for
You said you loved me, find out you were lyin'
But it's gonna come a day, you gonna love me in your
time
You're gonna think about Po' Lightnin',
in your lonesome time
A many night, sit in my home alone,
thinkin' about you woman, knowed you was gone
That's all right, I'll sit here and moan,
I'll sit here and moan
Look like the sun ain't gonna shine no more,
darkness done caught me, no light in my door
But that's all right, I'll forever worryin',
until I see you again tonight
Again tonight
A many day, I sit down and cry,
thinkin' about you left me dissatisfied
But that's all right, that's all right baby,
mmm that's all right, baby that's all right
But that's all right.
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You're Too
Fast
by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1970
from Lightnin' Hopkins The Ultimate Texas
Bluesman (Bluetab BTAB CD-1000), copyright
notice
You're too fast baby,
try to slow down for a while
You too fast baby,
try to slow down for a while
So that when you get lost,
that mom and baby child
You so fast, baby,
ol' Lightnin' can't understand
You so fast baby,
ol' Lightnin' can't understand
You was so fast when you passed me,
I couldn't even catch yo' hand
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Your
Own Fault Baby, To Treat Me The Way You Do
by Sam
"Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of November 15 1960
from Lightnin'
In New York (Candid LP 9010),
copyright
notice
Your own fault, baby, treat me the way you do
It's your own fault baby, treatin' me the way you do
It's your own fault baby, darlin' in treatin' me the way you
do
You know I did everything for right, I did everything I
could to help you
Whoa you once said that you loved me, yes but I found out
you were lyin'
Yes you once said that you loved me, found out you were
lyin'
Well you know you can't quit me black woman, and there ain't
no need in you tryin'
Whoa but still you my baby, don't make no difference what
you may do
Yes you still my baby, don't make no difference what you may
do
Yes I know you know little woman, how long I been in love
with you
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