B.B. King

Yes your letter reached me early this morning baby
and I read every word you had to say
I said your letter reached me early this morning baby
and I read every word you had to say
But you know I just don't understand you waman
If you love me why in the world did you go away

Your letter said that you're doing ok
But then it read: "Please, let me come back home."
Your letter said that you're doing ok
But then it read: "Please, let me come back home."
Yes, you said you were so tired, so tired baby
And you wanted someone you could call your own

But memories don't fail me woman
I remember the day you left
Oh my memories don't fail me baby
I remember the day you left
Well you know you told me then and I believe you now woman
That you were grown and you've been take care of yourself

So now here is my answer baby
And the words come straight from my heart
Well, here is the answer to you letter woman
And the words come straight from my heart
Yeah it's against my will I know
I could love you still baby
But baby I just can't play the part

I wake up and think of her
No matter what I do
She's always on my mind
A time a day or two
Seems to me the things you've loved the most
You always lose
But once you've got them
You've always got the blues

In time, well you may find someone else
That can comfort you
But not someone to light the fire
No, not the way she used to do

You lose the things that made it
What it was when it was new
And once you've got them


You've always got the blues

That new love only can replace
Just so much of you
That leaves a lot that gets lost between
Number one and number two
In time, well you may find someone else
That can comfort you
But not someone to light the fire
No, not the way she used to do

You lose the things that made it
What it was when it was new
And once you've got them
You've always got the blues

When I come home in the morning
And I knock on the door
I don't get that glad-to-see-you welcome
The glad-to-see-you welcome any more
Oh but to me
It's just like it used to be, baby
Because you are still my woman

You know a change have come
And I guess I'll blame it on fate
The thing that once was love
It now seems to turn to hate
Oh I guess it's too late
For me now, baby
But you are still my woman

You know I tried to be
The man you wanted me to be
But whatever I do, baby
It seems to add to your misery
Oh you can do
What you want to, baby
But you are still my woman

You know I'm still hoping and praying
That someday I'll find
Someone to love me
So I can have love and peace of mind
Oh I still love you
Like I did before, baby
Because you are still my woman

Your friends are all telling you
That I'm a no good so-and-so
They say that love and affection
Have now turned to a heart
A heart that's old and cold
It's the same old story
Same old story that's so often told

You are still my woman

Oh, you're on the top now, baby, but don't nothing stay the same
I said you're up on the top now, baby, but don't nothing stay the same
Every once in a while, baby, lady Luck deals another hand

Are you calling me your pal now, baby, when I used to be your man
Are you calling me your pal now, when I used to be your man
You're flying real high now, baby, go on and raise your sand



Oh, you're up on the top now, baby, but don't nothing stay the same
I said you're up on the top now, baby, but don't nothing stay the same
Every once in a while, lady Luck deals another hand

Oh, I realize now, baby, your kind of love wasn't true
Oh, I realize now, baby, your kind of love won't do
What could have been, baby, hey, now has done fell through

Let me tell you people a low down thing or two
I just can't stand that old evil way she do
She gonna miss me, yeah, you're gonna miss me
You're gonna miss me baby, when I'm dead and gone

Came home this mornin', she wouldn't let me in
She said, "Go away baby, I got too many friends"
You're gonna miss me, yeah, you're gonna miss me
You're gonna miss me baby, when I'm dead and gone



Hard to love a woman when the woman don't love you
She'll treat you so low down 'n' dirty, 'till you won't know what to do
You're gonna miss me, hey, you're gonna miss me baby
You're gonna miss me woman, when I'm dead and gone

Well, bye-bye baby, I hope we meet again
You won't be so evil when you won't have too many men
You're gonna miss me baby, yeah, you're gonna miss me
Yeah, you're gonna miss me woman, when I'm dead and gone

Yeah, you won't listen to nothing I tell you, woman, you keep on doin' as you please
Yeah, you won't listen to a thing I tell you, baby, you keep on doin' as you please
But I've taken it as long as I can, baby, when is this foolishness gonna cease

I worried myself crazy, baby, cried both night and day
I worried myself crazy, woman, I cried both night and day
You didn't believe me, baby, when I told you I'm gonna leave one day



Yeah, you told me that you love me, woman, but action speaks louder than words
Well, you said that you love me, woman, but action speaks louder than words
I won't be foolin' around no more, that's a line everybody has heard

If you don't change for the better, baby, you better do it real soon
If you don't change for the better, woman and you better do it real soon
Or you will wake up one of these mornings, baby, and find yourself in a empty room

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And i'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to seeWell she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to meWell i've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because i've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to meWell i've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because i've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And I'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And I'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And I'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And I'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And I'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And I'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well I've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because I've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

You shouldn't have left me, baby
Baby, you shouldn't have gone away
Oh, you shouldn't have left me, baby
Baby, you shouldn't have gone away
Oh, you left the one that love you, woman
Cryin' every night and every day

Someone that you love more, baby
Made you break my heart in two
Someone that you love more, baby
Made you break my heart in two
I want you to remember, baby
The same thing could happen to you

When the pain's in your heart, woman
Make you feel like you could die
Oh, when the pain's, the pain's in your heart, baby
Make you feel like you could die
Oh, you'll know then that you shouldn't have left me, woman
Baby, and how it feels to say goodbye

Well, well, well
She shook me, shook me, shook me
(Yes, she shook me)
All night long, all night long
(All night long, all night long)
You, you, you know this woman
She shook me, shook me
All night long, all night long
All night long
Mm hm (Mm hm)

Now B., she shook me

Go ahead, tell me about it, John

Just like a hurricane, hurricane
You, you, you know that woman
She shook me, shook me
Like a hurricane, hurricane
Shake the ground, you know
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You shook me, baby
You shook me all night long
You shook me, baby
You shook me all night long
You kept on shaking me, baby
Till you messed up my happy home
My happy home, my happy home

The woman broke up
My happy home, my happy home
Now now she broke up, she broke up
My only home, my only home
My wife and child, ooh

You move me, baby
Just like a hurricane
Just like a hurricane
You move me, baby
Just like a hurricane
Like a hurricane
You know you move me, baby
Just like an earthquake
On the land, on the land, yeah
Yeah

Talk about it some more, John

You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you
You shouldn't shake me
The way you do, way you do
All night long
Sometimes I wonder
What's gonna happen
To my poor wife and child
I got a child
She done made me love her
And now I can't be satisfied

(You, you, you, you, you)
Sometimes I wonder
(Can shake me the way you do)
What's gonna happen
To my poor wife and child

(You, you, you, you, you, you, you)
(You shouldn't shake me way you do)
(Way you do)
You done made me love you
And now I can't be satisfied

You, you, you
You, you, you, you, you
(You, you, you)
Shouldn't shake me way you do
(Shouldn't shake me, baby)
The woman shook me
(The woman shook me, shook me)
Woman shook me, shook me
Shook me, shook me
Like an earthquake shakes the ground

That feel good.

Tell her again.

Look, woman
I ain't gonna let you, you, you, you
Hurt me no more
(I ain't gonna let you hurt me)
You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you
You, you, you can't hurt me no more
(You ain't gonna hurt me no more)
I ain't letting you hurt me, hurt me
Hurt me no more, no more
No more, yeah

Well, well, well
She shook me, shook me, shook me
(Yes, she shook me)
All night long, all night long
(All night long, all night long)
You, you, you know this woman
She shook me, shook me
All night long, all night long
All night long
Mm hm (Mm hm)

Now B., she shook me

Go ahead, tell me about it, John

Just like a hurricane, hurricane
You, you, you know that woman
She shook me, shook me
Like a hurricane, hurricane
Shake the ground, you know
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You shook me, baby
You shook me all night long
You shook me, baby
You shook me all night long
You kept on shaking me, baby
Till you messed up my happy home
My happy home, my happy home

The woman broke up
My happy home, my happy home
Now now she broke up, she broke up
My only home, my only home
My wife and child, ooh

You move me, baby
Just like a hurricane
Just like a hurricane
You move me, baby
Just like a hurricane
Like a hurricane
You know you move me, baby
Just like an earthquake
On the land, on the land, yeah
Yeah

Talk about it some more, John

You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you
You shouldn't shake me
The way you do, way you do
All night long
Sometimes I wonder
What's gonna happen
To my poor wife and child
I got a child
She done made me love her
And now I can't be satisfied

(You, you, you, you, you)
Sometimes I wonder
(Can shake me the way you do)
What's gonna happen
To my poor wife and child

(You, you, you, you, you, you, you)
(You shouldn't shake me way you do)
(Way you do)
You done made me love you
And now I can't be satisfied

You, you, you
You, you, you, you, you
(You, you, you)
Shouldn't shake me way you do
(Shouldn't shake me, baby)
The woman shook me
(The woman shook me, shook me)
Woman shook me, shook me
Shook me, shook me
Like an earthquake shakes the ground

That feel good.

Tell her again.

Look, woman
I ain't gonna let you, you, you, you
Hurt me no more
(I ain't gonna let you hurt me)
You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you
You, you, you can't hurt me no more
(You ain't gonna hurt me no more)
I ain't letting you hurt me, hurt me
Hurt me no more, no more
No more, yeah

Yeah, you never know how you hurt me, baby, how bad I feel inside
Oh, you never know how you hurt me, woman, how bad I feel inside
I believed you when you said you loved me, oh, but I know you lied

Oh, when I lay down in darkness, I keep hearin' your sweet voice
When I lay down in darkness, baby, I keep hearin' your sweet voice
And I remember your church, woman, oh, and how I rejoice



I know the people are talkin', baby, but I don't care what they say
I realize that people talkin', baby, but I don't care what they say
I know I still love you, woman, and I want you home to stay

Yeah, if you ever change your mind, woman, won't you please come on home
Oh, if you ever change your mind, baby, won't you please come on home
Yes, I'm not good without you, baby and you're not good to me gone

Darlin', darlin' you know I love you
I love you, for myself
But you're gone, gone and left me for someone else

I think of you, think of you every morning
I dream of you, every night
And I'd love to be with you always

When night began to fall
I cry, cry alone
And I wish, I could hold you in my arms tonight

Darlin', Darlin' you know I love you
I love you, for myself
But you're gone, gone and left me for someone else

Darlin', darlin' you know I love you
I love you, for myself
But you're gone, gone and left me for someone else

I think of you, think of you every morning
I dream of you, every night
And I'd love to be with you always

When night began to fall
I cry, cry alone
And I wish, I could hold you in my arms tonight

Darlin', Darlin' you know I love you
I love you, for myself
But you're gone, gone and left me for someone else

Oh baby
Babe, you know I go for you
Oh baby
Babe, you know I go for you
Aw, not because you dress so fine
Babe, but the little things you do

Oh, you're my all-day steady
Babe, you're my midnight dream
Oh, you're my all-day steady
Babe, you're my midnight dream
Oh, and without you, baby
Life ain't no good to me

Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Well the way I used to love you baby
Baby that's the way I hate you now

You used to say that you loved me
But baby I believe you've changed your mind
You used to say that you loved me
But baby I believe you've changed your mind
Well I don't blame you baby
Because you ain't what you used to be

Let me love you just one more time
Yes let me love you just one more time anyway
Oh, let me love you, let me love you, let me love you
One more time baby
Let me love you just one more time anyway
Oh you can't quit me now baby
Because you didn't mean me no good anyway

Well you know where I'm from baby
So please don't try to mistreat me
Yes you know where I'm from baby
So please don't try to mistreat me
Yes because I'll make your mother a present
Baby of you and your casket too

Oh you once said you loved me
And you would do anything I said
Oh you once said you loved me baby
And you would do anything I said
Oh but the way you treat me now baby
I just soon rather be dead

Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
The way I used to love you
Baby that's the way I hate you now

Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Well the way I used to love you baby
Baby that's the way I hate you now

You used to say that you loved me
But baby I believe you've changed your mind
You used to say that you loved me
But baby I believe you've changed your mind
Well I don't blame you baby
Because you ain't what you used to be

Let me love you just one more time
Yes let me love you just one more time anyway
Oh, let me love you, let me love you, let me love you
One more time baby
Let me love you just one more time anyway
Oh you can't quit me now baby
Because you didn't mean me no good anyway

Well you know where I'm from baby
So please don't try to mistreat me
Yes you know where I'm from baby
So please don't try to mistreat me
Yes because I'll make your mother a present
Baby of you and your casket too

Oh you once said you loved me
And you would do anything I said
Oh you once said you loved me baby
And you would do anything I said
Oh but the way you treat me now baby
I just soon rather be dead

Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
The way I used to love you
Baby that's the way I hate you now

You give your hand to me
Then you say hello
I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me

No, you don't know the one
Who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
And longs to hold you tight
Oh I'm just a friend
That's all I've ever been
'Cause you don't know me

I never knew
The art of making love
Though my heart aches
With love for you
Afraid and shy
I've let my chance to go by
The chance that you might
Love me, too

You give your hand to me
And then you say good-bye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
You'll never never know
The one who loves you so
Well, you don't know me

You give your hand to me, baby
Then you say good-bye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
No, no, you'll never ever know
The one who loves you so
Well, you don't know me

You don't know how much I love you
You don't know how much I care
You don't know how much I need you
Without you life I can't bear
You don't know
You don't know baby
You don't know how much I love you
And you can't know just how I feel

The flame is still burnin'
Burnin' deep down in my soul
When I think of your love and kisses
It makes my blood run cold
You don't know baby
You don't know baby
Yes you don't know how much I love you
And you can't know just how I feel

All my friends call me crazy
For acting the way that I do
But I just can't help myself
'Cause I'm so in love with you
You don't know
Yes baby you don't know
You don't know how much I love you
And you can't know just how I feel

You don't know
You don't know
You don't know baby
You don't know
You don't know
You don't know baby
You don't know

Yes you don't know how much I love you
And you can't know just how I feel

you are the sunshine,my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are gray you'll naver know dear how much i love you please don't take my sunshine away the other night dear while i was sleeping i dream i hels you in my arms when i awoke dwar i was mistake so i hung my head and i cried you are my sunshine,my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are gray you'll naver know dear how much i love you please don't my sunshine away

I know you've been cheatin' on me baby
And I know you don't mean me no good
Oh I know you've been cheatin' on me, woman
And I know you don't mean me no good
That's why I blame myself
I didn't treat you like I should

Oh, I was too good to you baby
I gave you everything I own
Yes, I was too good to you woman
I gave you everything I own
That's why I blame myself
Every time you do me wrong

You got your eyes wide open woman
But you're travelling down the wrong road
Oh you got your eyes wide open baby
And you're travelling down the wrong road
Yes, a wine drinkin' and cheatin', woman
is one thing I can't afford

Worry worry worry
Worry is all I can do
Oh worry worry worry baby
Worry is all I can do
Oh my life is so miserable baby
Baby, and its all on account of you

You hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh you hurt me
You know you hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh but I would rather be dead baby
Then to be here so alone and blue

Someday baby
Oh...someday baby
Oh! Someday baby
Oh! Oh! Oh oh yes
Oh! Someday baby

"Ladies. I said ladies...Ladies if you got a man and the man don't do like you think he
should...ladies you don't hurt 'im. I SAID DON'T YOU HURT HIM! Man happens to be
God's gift to women! So ladies you must know that the man is already grown so you can't
raise him over again.

So the thing to do is THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM! HOLD HIM CLOSE TO
YOU! LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES! And then you tell him... You tell him, you
say "now baby you been messing up, but I know you gonna do me better." And when he
look at you as if he wanna know when, then you tell him..."Someday baby." And if it seem
like he's hard of hearing or not paying you much attention or something do like you ladies
are known to do....Put your hands on your hips and then you say it again...OW! He have to
be a mighty hard hearted person not to listen to you.

But I don't think it's fair to just talk to the ladies, I think I should say a few words to the
men too. So fellas...I SAID FELLAS! Fellas if you got a woman and the lady don't do like
you think she should,
Don't you be goin' upside of her head now. You know what I'm talkin' about, don't you be
beatin' on her. The judgement's much cheaper if you don't beat her. And you see if you hurt
her you only do one thing...I said if youhurt her you only do one thing! You make her a little
smarter and she won't let you catch her the next time. So the thing to do is THROW YOUR
ARMS around the pretty little thing! Now listen to me, listen to me...I don't care if she
weigh thirty-two and a half pounds wet or five hundred and fifty pounds on her feet. If she's
your lady and you dig her, than she's your pretty little thing...AND THEN YOU TELL
HER! You say "Baby! Baby I don't care what they say about you on the next block, your
my little lady and I dig you. Let em talk, let 'em say what they want to say"

And fellas, you must know too that the ladies, God bless their sweet little souls, ladies
happen to be God's gift to man too fellas. You all agreed? You better say it cause your wife
is listening. But there's just one more thing I must say to you fellas, just one more thing.
Don't be too proud to beg. I SAID DON'T BE TOO PROUD TO BEG! If you have to fall
down on your knees to let your woman know that you love her, go on down there!
...I can see some of you cats got dirty minds in the place this evening...WHAT I'M TRYIN'
TO SAY, LADIES LOVE TO HEAR THEIR MEN SAY "BABY I LOVE YOU!" Don't
you ladies? I SAID LADIES LOVE TO HEAR THEIR MEN SAY "BABY I LOVE YOU!"
Don't you ladies? SO FELLAS TELL YOUR LADY THAT YOU LOVE HER! ...She might
think you're lying though. TELL YOUR LADY THAT YOU LOVE HER even if you are
lying.

But seriously speaking, when I goof, when I goof I usually slide up to my woman and I look
straight at her...I have to get my look first...I usually say I look like a little puppy begging
for that last bone you been holding out on. I look straight at her and I say "BABY! ...Please
forgive me honey!" And then I wait a few minutes to see how she take it. AND THEN I
SAY "BABY! ...Please forgive me honey!" And then I stand back far enough so that when
she swings I can duck...AND THEN I SAY "BABY! You know when I goofed last week I
was high..."If she let me get away with that then I look at her real pitifull like this....Say
"baby, honey you know when you're high it don't count. " AND THEN I TELL HER, I say
"if you forgive me honey I'm gonna do better."And if she look at me as if she wanna know
when then I tell her "SOMEDAY BABY..."

Yes someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
Someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
You know you won't be able to hurt me no more baby
'Cause my heart won't feel no pain

Worry worry worry
Worry is all I can do
Oh worry worry worry baby
Worry is all I can do
Oh my life is so miserable baby
Baby, and its all on account of you

You hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh you hurt me
You know you hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh but I would rather be dead baby
Then to be here so alone and blue

Someday baby
Oh...someday baby
Oh! Someday baby
Oh! Oh! Oh oh yes
Oh! Someday baby

"Ladies. I said ladies...Ladies if you got a man and the man don't do like you think he
should...ladies you don't hurt 'im. I SAID DON'T YOU HURT HIM! Man happens to be
God's gift to women! So ladies you must know that the man is already grown so you can't
raise him over again.

So the thing to do is THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM! HOLD HIM CLOSE TO
YOU! LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES! And then you tell him... You tell him, you
say "now baby you been messing up, but I know you gonna do me better." And when he
look at you as if he wanna know when, then you tell him..."Someday baby." And if it seem
like he's hard of hearing or not paying you much attention or something do like you ladies
are known to do....Put your hands on your hips and then you say it again...OW! He have to
be a mighty hard hearted person not to listen to you.

But I don't think it's fair to just talk to the ladies, I think I should say a few words to the
men too. So fellas...I SAID FELLAS! Fellas if you got a woman and the lady don't do like
you think she should,
Don't you be goin' upside of her head now. You know what I'm talkin' about, don't you be
beatin' on her. The judgement's much cheaper if you don't beat her. And you see if you hurt
her you only do one thing...I said if youhurt her you only do one thing! You make her a little
smarter and she won't let you catch her the next time. So the thing to do is THROW YOUR
ARMS around the pretty little thing! Now listen to me, listen to me...I don't care if she
weigh thirty-two and a half pounds wet or five hundred and fifty pounds on her feet. If she's
your lady and you dig her, than she's your pretty little thing...AND THEN YOU TELL
HER! You say "Baby! Baby I don't care what they say about you on the next block, your
my little lady and I dig you. Let em talk, let 'em say what they want to say"

And fellas, you must know too that the ladies, God bless their sweet little souls, ladies
happen to be God's gift to man too fellas. You all agreed? You better say it cause your wife
is listening. But there's just one more thing I must say to you fellas, just one more thing.
Don't be too proud to beg. I SAID DON'T BE TOO PROUD TO BEG! If you have to fall
down on your knees to let your woman know that you love her, go on down there!
...I can see some of you cats got dirty minds in the place this evening...WHAT I'M TRYIN'
TO SAY, LADIES LOVE TO HEAR THEIR MEN SAY "BABY I LOVE YOU!" Don't
you ladies? I SAID LADIES LOVE TO HEAR THEIR MEN SAY "BABY I LOVE YOU!"
Don't you ladies? SO FELLAS TELL YOUR LADY THAT YOU LOVE HER! ...She might
think you're lying though. TELL YOUR LADY THAT YOU LOVE HER even if you are
lying.

But seriously speaking, when I goof, when I goof I usually slide up to my woman and I look
straight at her...I have to get my look first...I usually say I look like a little puppy begging
for that last bone you been holding out on. I look straight at her and I say "BABY! ...Please
forgive me honey!" And then I wait a few minutes to see how she take it. AND THEN I
SAY "BABY! ...Please forgive me honey!" And then I stand back far enough so that when
she swings I can duck...AND THEN I SAY "BABY! You know when I goofed last week I
was high..."If she let me get away with that then I look at her real pitifull like this....Say
"baby, honey you know when you're high it don't count. " AND THEN I TELL HER, I say
"if you forgive me honey I'm gonna do better."And if she look at me as if she wanna know
when then I tell her "SOMEDAY BABY..."

Yes someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
Someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
You know you won't be able to hurt me no more baby
'Cause my heart won't feel no pain

Worry worry worry
Worry is all I can do
Oh worry worry worry baby
Worry is all I can do
Oh my life is so miserable baby
Baby, and its all on account of you

You hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh you hurt me
You know you hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh but I would rather be dead baby
Then to be here so alone and blue

Someday baby
Oh...someday baby
Oh! Someday baby
Oh! Oh! Oh oh yes
Oh! Someday baby

"Ladies. I said ladies...Ladies if you got a man and the man don't do like you think he
should...ladies you don't hurt 'im. I SAID DON'T YOU HURT HIM! Man happens to be
God's gift to women! So ladies you must know that the man is already grown so you can't
raise him over again.

So the thing to do is THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM! HOLD HIM CLOSE TO
YOU! LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES! And then you tell him... You tell him, you
say "now baby you been messing up, but I know you gonna do me better." And when he
look at you as if he wanna know when, then you tell him..."Someday baby." And if it seem
like he's hard of hearing or not paying you much attention or something do like you ladies
are known to do....Put your hands on your hips and then you say it again...OW! He have to
be a mighty hard hearted person not to listen to you.

But I don't think it's fair to just talk to the ladies, I think I should say a few words to the
men too. So fellas...I SAID FELLAS! Fellas if you got a woman and the lady don't do like
you think she should,
Don't you be goin' upside of her head now. You know what I'm talkin' about, don't you be
beatin' on her. The judgement's much cheaper if you don't beat her. And you see if you hurt
her you only do one thing...I said if youhurt her you only do one thing! You make her a little
smarter and she won't let you catch her the next time. So the thing to do is THROW YOUR
ARMS around the pretty little thing! Now listen to me, listen to me...I don't care if she
weigh thirty-two and a half pounds wet or five hundred and fifty pounds on her feet. If she's
your lady and you dig her, than she's your pretty little thing...AND THEN YOU TELL
HER! You say "Baby! Baby I don't care what they say about you on the next block, your
my little lady and I dig you. Let em talk, let 'em say what they want to say"

And fellas, you must know too that the ladies, God bless their sweet little souls, ladies
happen to be God's gift to man too fellas. You all agreed? You better say it cause your wife
is listening. But there's just one more thing I must say to you fellas, just one more thing.
Don't be too proud to beg. I SAID DON'T BE TOO PROUD TO BEG! If you have to fall
down on your knees to let your woman know that you love her, go on down there!
...I can see some of you cats got dirty minds in the place this evening...WHAT I'M TRYIN'
TO SAY, LADIES LOVE TO HEAR THEIR MEN SAY "BABY I LOVE YOU!" Don't
you ladies? I SAID LADIES LOVE TO HEAR THEIR MEN SAY "BABY I LOVE YOU!"
Don't you ladies? SO FELLAS TELL YOUR LADY THAT YOU LOVE HER! ...She might
think you're lying though. TELL YOUR LADY THAT YOU LOVE HER even if you are
lying.

But seriously speaking, when I goof, when I goof I usually slide up to my woman and I look
straight at her...I have to get my look first...I usually say I look like a little puppy begging
for that last bone you been holding out on. I look straight at her and I say "BABY! ...Please
forgive me honey!" And then I wait a few minutes to see how she take it. AND THEN I
SAY "BABY! ...Please forgive me honey!" And then I stand back far enough so that when
she swings I can duck...AND THEN I SAY "BABY! You know when I goofed last week I
was high..."If she let me get away with that then I look at her real pitifull like this....Say
"baby, honey you know when you're high it don't count. " AND THEN I TELL HER, I say
"if you forgive me honey I'm gonna do better."And if she look at me as if she wanna know
when then I tell her "SOMEDAY BABY..."

Yes someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
Someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
You know you won't be able to hurt me no more baby
'Cause my heart won't feel no pain

Oh lordy lord oh lordy lord
It hurts me so bad for us to part
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry
my life any more

So many nights since
you've been gone
I've been worried
grieving my life alone
but someday babe
I ain't gonna worry
my life any more
So many days
since you went away
I've had to
worry both night and day
but someday babe
I ain't gonna
worry my life any more

You're on my mind
every place I go
How much I love you nobody know
Yeah but someday babe
I ain't gonna worry
my life any more

So that's my story and this is
all I've got to say to you
goodbye baby
I don't care what you do
but someday babe
I ain't gonna worry
my life any more
Oh lordy lord oh lordy lord
Oh lordy lord oh lordy lord
It hurts me so bad for us to part
Oh but someday baby
I ain't gonna worry
my life any more

Oh, Lordy, Lord
Oh, Lordy, Lord
Oh, it hurt me so bad for us to part
Oh, but some day, baby, I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

You on my mind every place I go
Oh, how much I love you, baby, you will never know


Oh, but some day, baby, I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Oh, that's my story
All I've got to say to you
Oh, goodbye baby, I don't care what you do
Oh, but some day, baby, I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

She may not be the best lookin' woman
I ever did see
Nor have the charms of the ladies
Of high society

But the woman's got soul
Worth all money and gold
And all the love that i have belongs
To the woman with soul

Now i'm just a regular fellow
I don't need much
I don't need a cadillac car
Or diamonds and such

But the woman that i hold
She's got to have soul
And then i'm richer than the richest gold
If the woman's got soul

I don't need a woman
That's got a whole lot of class
Because class in a woman
Don't mean she's gonna last
I need a kind of lady
That when i hold she fits up tight
And when she throws it on me
I give in without a fight

Then i know the woman's got soul
Worth all money and gold
And all the love that i have belongs
To the woman with soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul
Worth all money and gold
And all the love that i have belongs
To the woman with soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul

I woke up this morning, my baby was gone
Woke up this morning, my baby was gone
I've feel so bad, I'm all alone

I ain't got nobody, stayn' home with me
I ain't got nobody, stayn' home with me
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery

Well baby, I'm all alone
Yes baby, I'm all alone
I ain't had no lovin', since my baby's been gone
All right

Oh baby, I'm all alone
Oh baby, I'm all alone
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery

Oh baby, come on stay with me
Oh baby, come on stay with me
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery

Oh baby, I'm all alone
Oh baby, I'm all alone
I ain't had no lovin', since my baby's been gone

I woke up this morning, my baby was gone
Woke up this morning, my baby was gone
I've feel so bad, I'm all alone

I ain't got nobody, stayn' home with me
I ain't got nobody, stayn' home with me
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery

Well baby, I'm all alone
Yes baby, I'm all alone
I ain't had no lovin', since my baby's been gone
All right

Oh baby, I'm all alone
Oh baby, I'm all alone
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery

Oh baby, come on stay with me
Oh baby, come on stay with me
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery

Oh baby, I'm all alone
Oh baby, I'm all alone
I ain't had no lovin', since my baby's been gone

I woke up this morning, my baby was gone
Woke up this morning, my baby was gone
I've been so bad, I'm all alone
I ain't got nobody stayin' home with me
I ain't got nobody stayin' home with me
My baby she's gone, I'm in misery
Well baby, I'm all alone
Ye

Everybody wants to know Why I sing the blues Yes, I say everybody wanna know Why I sing the blues Well, I've been around a long time I really have paid my dues When I first got the blues They brought me over on a ship Men were standing over me And a lot more with a whip And everybody wanna know Why I sing the blues Well, I've been around a long time Mm, I've really paid my dues I've laid in a ghetto flat Cold and numb I heard the rats tell the bedbugs To give the roaches some Everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues Yes, I've been around a long time People, I've paid my dues I stood in line Down at the County Hall I heard a man say, "We're gonna build Some new apartments for y'all" And everybody wanna know Yes, they wanna know Why I'm singing the blues Yes, I've been around a long, long time Yes, I've really, really paid my dues Now I'm gonna play Lucille. My kid's gonna grow up Gonna grow up to be a fool 'Cause they ain't got no more room No more room for him in school And everybody wanna know Everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues I say I've been around a long time Yes, I've really paid some dues Yeah, you know the company told me Guess you're born to lose Everybody around me, people It seems like everybody got the blues But I had 'em a long time I've really, really paid my dues You know I ain't ashamed of it, people I just love to sing my blues I walk through the cities, people On my bare feet I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings Up and down Beal Street You know I'm singing the blues Yes, I really I just have to sing my blues I've been around a long time People, I've really, really paid my dues Now Father Time is catching up with me Gone is my youth I look in the mirror everyday And let it tell me the truth I'm singing the blues Mm, I just have to sing the blues I've been around a long time Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues Yeah, they told me everything Would be better out in the country Everything was fine I caught me a bus uptown, baby And every people, all the people Got the same trouble as mine I got the blues, huh huh I say I've been around a long time I've really paid some dues One more time, fellows! Blind man on the corner Begging for a dime The rollers come and caught him And throw him in the jail for a crime I got the blues Mm, I'm singing my blues I've been around a long time Mm, I've really paid some dues Can we do just one more? Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare To get myself some grits and stuff But a lady stand up and she said "You haven't been around long enough" That's why I got the blues Mm, the blues I say, I've been around a long time I've really, really paid my dues Fellows, tell them one more time. Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows. Yeah!

Everybody wants to know
Why i sing the blues
Yes, i say everybody wanna know
Why i sing the blues
Well, i've been around a long time
I really have paid my dues
When i first got the blues
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot

Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Yes, I say everybody wanna know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long time
I really have paid my dues

When I first got the blues
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot more with a whip
And everybody wanna know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long time
Mm, I've really paid my dues

I've laid in a ghetto flat
Cold and numb
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
To give the roaches some
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
Yes, I've been around a long time
People, I've paid my dues

I stood in line
Down at the County Hall
I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
Some new apartments for y'all"
And everybody wanna know
Yes, they wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
Yes, I've been around a long, long time
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues

Now I'm gonna play Lucille.

My kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool
'Cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
And everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
I say I've been around a long time
Yes, I've really paid some dues

Yeah, you know the company told me
Guess you're born to lose
Everybody around me, people
It seems like everybody got the blues
But I had 'em a long time
I've really, really paid my dues
You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
I just love to sing my blues

I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up in Downbill Street
You know I'm singing the blues
Yes, I really
I just have to sing my blues
I've been around a long time
People, I've really, really paid my dues

Now Father Time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
And let it tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues
Mm, I just have to sing the blues
I've been around a long time
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues

Yeah, they told me everything
Would be better out in the country
Everything was fine
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
And every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
I got the blues, huh huh
I say I've been around a long time
I've really paid some dues

One more time, fellows!

Blind man on the corner
Begging for a dime
The rollers come and caught him
And throw him in the jail for a crime
I got the blues
Mm, I'm singing my blues
I've been around a long time
Mm, I've really paid some dues

Can we do just one more?

Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff
But a lady stand up and she said
"You haven't been around long enough"
That's why I got the blues
Mm, the blues
I say, I've been around a long time
I've really, really paid my dues

Fellows, tell them one more time.

Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows.
Yeah!

Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Yes, I say everybody wanna know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long time
I really have paid my dues

When I first got the blues
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot more with a whip
And everybody wanna know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long time
Mm, I've really paid my dues

I've laid in a ghetto flat
Cold and numb
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
To give the roaches some
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
Yes, I've been around a long time
People, I've paid my dues

I stood in line
Down at the County Hall
I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
Some new apartments for y'all"
And everybody wanna know
Yes, they wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
Yes, I've been around a long, long time
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues

Now I'm gonna play Lucille.

My kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool
'Cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
And everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
I say I've been around a long time
Yes, I've really paid some dues

Yeah, you know the company told me
Guess you're born to lose
Everybody around me, people
It seems like everybody got the blues
But I had 'em a long time
I've really, really paid my dues
You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
I just love to sing my blues

I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up in Downbill Street
You know I'm singing the blues
Yes, I really
I just have to sing my blues
I've been around a long time
People, I've really, really paid my dues

Now Father Time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
And let it tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues
Mm, I just have to sing the blues
I've been around a long time
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues

Yeah, they told me everything
Would be better out in the country
Everything was fine
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
And every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
I got the blues, huh huh
I say I've been around a long time
I've really paid some dues

One more time, fellows!

Blind man on the corner
Begging for a dime
The rollers come and caught him
And throw him in the jail for a crime
I got the blues
Mm, I'm singing my blues
I've been around a long time
Mm, I've really paid some dues

Can we do just one more?

Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff
But a lady stand up and she said
"You haven't been around long enough"
That's why I got the blues
Mm, the blues
I say, I've been around a long time
I've really, really paid my dues

Fellows, tell them one more time.

Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows.
Yeah!

I got a whole lot of lovin'
Baby just waiting for you
yeah the whole lot of lovin'
Baby just waiting for you
yeah the way I could love you baby
I know that you would love me too
yeah you're so good lookin' baby
baby you build up from the ground
Well you're so good lookin' baby
baby and you build up from the ground
yeah Every time I see you baby
baby My love starts tumbling down
Yeah you're just my type
baby my height and size
Well you're just my type baby
baby just my height and size
yeah the reason I love you baby
baby you've got those little dreamy eyes
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Well I got a whole lot of lovin'
Baby just waiting for you
yeah the whole lot of lovin'
Baby just waiting for you
well the way I could love you baby
I got know you would love me too
Yeah you're just my type
baby just my height and size
Well you're just my type baby
baby just my height and size
yeah the reason I love you baby
baby you've got those little dreamy eyes