Mmmm, blues early in the mornin, Whoa, Lord, ya know I have them late at night. Mmmm, blues early in the mornin, God knows I have 'em late at night. Yeah, you know I been wonderin why my little baby, She just won't straighten up and fly right.
Well, you take a man have the blues, Whoa, he can't last very long. Mmmmmm, Whoa, he can't last very long. Well, he wake up early and he moanin, Om, in the woods, That poor child, God, he's gone.
She's an evil-hearted woman whoa, she won'te treat nobody right yeah, She's an evil-hearted woman she won'te treat nobody right she get mad late in the evening That woman she'll be gone all night
Lord, I've been a-wondering what make my baby so evil Some time to wonder what make her so mean Whoa Some time what make her so mean Yeah, you know she's just an evil-hearted woman Meanest little girl that I've ever seen
One more time I gotta tell you evil-hearted woman I ain't gonna ever tell you no Just gotta sound all right now Little bold lightnin' gotta let you go
You know I went down to my baby's house, fell down on my knees, crying please, please help poor me, help old me She said, "Lightnin' I wished I was rich and you were poor" The meals that you've been getting, I will see that you never get them no more She's talking to me and I'm down on bended knee Somebody help me, help me, please You know I went to my house, wasn't nobody there but me That was trouble, that was worry, Lord, Lord, like the whole world would see Somebody please help me, I've been wondering about my fate Her little smiling, baby, I can't see Well I'm about to make it up in my mind to let her go ahead on Baby, you go have a good time, while I walk my floor and moan You may not miss me now, but you're gonna miss me when I'm gone Well I just can't do nothing but cry, I just got to walk my floor and moan
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
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 (hound) 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)