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traditional
recording of 1966
from East-West
(Elektra 2-7315),
copyright
notice
When you have these blues and there's someone you're about
to lose
There'll be a time, yeah, you can't sleep at night
She won't believe in you, oh, if you don't treat her
right
I say, everyday, when the sun is almost down
You remember when your baby left the sound
Some people were born to lose, that's why lovers have the
blues
I say, everyday, about five you'll hang your head and
cry
That it's the time when your baby said goodbye
And you wanted to put your traveling shoes on
Yeah, you feel like crying when you get these kind blues
Yeah, all these blues, I said all these blues now
Top
by Walter
Jacobs a.k.a. Little Walter
recording of 1965
from The
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra 7294-2 or
7559-60547-2), copyright
notice
Blues with a feeling that's what I have today
Blues with a feeling that's what I have today
I've got to find my baby if it takes all night and day
What a lonesome feeling when you're by yourself
What a lonesome feeling when you're by yourself
Yes, the one that you're loving has gone off with someone
else
Well, you know I love you baby
Wonder the reason why
Gone and left me baby
Left me here to cry
Blues with a feeling that's what I have today
Blues with a feeling that's what I have today
I've got to find my baby if it takes all night and day
What a lonesome feeling when you're by yourself
What a lonesome feeling when you're by yourself
Yeah, the one that you're loving has gone off with someone
else
Well, you know I love you baby
Wonder the reason why
You're gone and left me baby
Left me here to cry
Blues with a feeling that's what I have today
I've got to find my baby if it takes all night and day
Top
by Nick
Gravenites
recording of 1965
from The
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra 7294-2 or
7559-60547-2), copyright
notice
I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one
I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one
Well, my father told me, "Son, you had better get a gun"
Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years
old
Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years
old
Well, there's one thing I could say about that boy, "You
gotta go"
Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one
years, baby
Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one
years, baby
Well, there's one thing I could say about that boy, "You got
it babe"
Well, my blues are alright if there's someone left to play
the game
Well, my blues are alright if there's someone left to play
the game
All my friends are going and these years don't seem the
same
Oh, they just don't seem the same, baby
Top
by Howard
Buzzy Feiten
recording of 1969
from Keep
On Moving (Elektra 74053),
copyright
notice
When you bumped into me on a crowded avenue
I knew I couldn't let you slide
I knew that sooner or later I bet that you'd just keep on
waiting on it
You'd run out of places to hide
Well, I've been waiting on you, yeah, for two long years
Counting on my buddy's advice
Baby, you bumped into somebody who was quicker than me
So my buddy's keeping you on ice
Um, baby
Well, I saw you at the laundromat the other day, baby
Washing somebody's clothes
Oh, there must be some dirty business going on
'Cause I quit smelling like a rose
Well, I've been waiting on you, yeah, for two long years
Counting on my buddy's advice
Baby, you bumped into somebody who was quicker than me
So my buddy's keeping you on ice
Um, baby, come on now, kick it!
Well, you might think that I've got a hole in my head
Counting on my buddy so long
I'm gonna get me a forty-four to set things right
Just as long as I sing this song
Top
by Jerry
Ragovoy
recording of 1969
from Keep
On Moving (Elektra 74053),
copyright
notice
Thought I had you in the palm of my hand
'Cause you said I was your loving man
Thought I was the king of the world
'Cause you told me you'd be my girl
But that was a long time ago
When in winter the grass was green
Nothing seem the way it seem
Except you, except you
Thought I was ahead of my time
Love was all I had on my mind
But that was a long time ago
When at night I saw the sun
Nothing and, oh, nothing
Except you, except you, babe
You have dreams and schemes
But life was a burning cinder
All I needed was you, out of sight
And I can tell her, ooh
Look at all the things that I own
A house, a car, a paid up loan
Flowers blooming in my yard
And I knew it wouldn't be so hard
But that was a long time ago
When the rain was so fresh and clear
All I wanted was right here
Except you, babe
Except you, except you, babe
Ooh, except you, ooh, babe
Top
by Allen
Toussaint
recording of 1966
from East-West
(Elektra 2-7315),
copyright
notice
Get out of my life woman, you don't love me no more
Get out of my life woman, you don't love me no more
Get out of my life woman, you don't want me no more
Get out of my eyes teardrops, I've got to see my way
around
Get out of my eyes teardrops, I've got to see my way
around
Get out of my eyes teardrops, I got heartaches by the
pound
Get out of my way woman, I've got to move all alone
Get out of my way woman, I've got to move all alone
Get out of my way woman, I've got to move all alone
Get out of my life woman, you don't love me no more
Get out of my life woman, you don't love me no more
Get out of my life woman, you don't want me no more
Top
traditional
recording of 1966
from East-West
(Elektra 2-7315),
copyright
notice
I've got a mind to give up living, and go shopping
instead
I've got a mind to give up living, and go shopping
instead
Pick me up a tombstone, and be pronounced dead
Well, I read your letter this morning, that was on your
place in bed
Oh, when I read your letter this morning, that was on your
place in bed
That's when I decided that I'd be better off dead
Oh, yeah!
When I read your letter this morning, that was on your place
in bed
Yes, when I read your letter this morning, that was on your
place in bed
That's when I had decided that I'd be better off dead
It read, "There is no use looking or ever hoping, or ever
hoping to get me back"
"Oh, no use looking, baby or ever hoping to get me back
Because it's all over now and, baby, you can bet on
that"
Oh, yeah!
Top
by McKinley
Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy
Waters
recording of 1965
from The
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra 7294-2 or
7559-60547-2), copyright
notice
Got my mojo working,
just don't work on you
Got my mojo working, just don't work on you
I wanna love you so bad, don't know what to do
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command
I got a gypsy woman, given me advice
I got a gypsy woman, given me advice
I've gotta whole lots of tricks, keep here on ice
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working, just don't work on you
Top
by Paul
Butterfield
recording of 1969
from Keep
On Moving (Elektra 74053),
copyright
notice
Really if I keep on moving much longer
Baby, I don't know how much longer I can last
I've got to be home sometime tomorrow
Early my woman, mmm, with my arms to rest
Well there ain't, oh, nobody here
Baby, there ain't nobody talking
Yeah, and if I knew where to leave this town
Baby, I'd be on, on way where I been
Oh, loving baby, you know it ain't too easy
Yeah, but without it, oh, I know yeah, we'd be lost
You know I've got to go
Ooh, tomorrow by my woman, yeah, oh, yeah
Any loss, yes, my sweet baby
Well, if you've seen, yeah, go up to my momma, yeah
Well, she said stay home, yeah, or you'll be straying
Well, I'm on my way leaving
I hope my woman, mmm, doesn't say it's too late
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