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My baby woke up this mornin'
Said ? "b. you must clean up and go"
Well my baby woke up this mornin'
Said ? "b. you must clean up and go"
"'cos the way that you been doin'"
"can't take those treatments no more"

If you ever lay down at night and wake up cold and (???)
Your baby's gone and left you, she had another man
Why i'm gonna move to the deep blue sea
Well i'm tired of beign all alone and livin' in misery

Well, when i woke up this mornin'
She was sittin' down before the glass
And when i start to talk
All she would do was laugh
I'm gonna change my ways, i'm gonna move to the deep blue sea
Well i'm tired of beign all alone and livin' in misery

It had to be you
It had to be you
I've wandered around
Finally found
Somebody who
Could make me be true
Could make me be blue
And even be glad
Just to be sad
Thinking of you

Some others i've seen
Might never be mean
Might never be cross
Try to be boss
They wouldn't do
For nobody else
Gave me a thrill
With all your faults
I love you still
It had to be you
Wonderful you
It had to be you

Some others i've seen
Might never be mean
Might never be cross
Or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
'cause nobody else
Gave me a thrill
With all your faults
I love you still
It had to be you
Had to be you
Had to be you
It had to be you
Wonderful you
It had to be you

It had to be you
Wonderful you
It had to be you
Had to be you
Wonderful you, yeah

Don't care when you go
How long you stay
But good kind treatments
Will bring you back someday
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Aw, but one thing
Really give me the blues
When i wore a hole
In my last pair of shoes
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Just keep on a-bettin'
About the...
You're gonna leave here runnin'
Almost too fast
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Don't like everybody
In my neighborhood
I got a no-good woman
She don't mean me no good
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

You're the greatest thing in my life, baby
Without your love, baby
I don't know just what i would do
Years of loving you, you've been so true
I believe i'd lose my mind if i lost you

I guess i've been lucky to have someone so dear
To talk and laugh and always bring me cheer
After all of these years you've been so true to me, baby
I believe i'd lose my mind if i lost you

After all of the lies i've told you
Just like giving you the stars
And buying you mink coats
Mink coats and diamonds, baby
Money in the bank and each year
Each year two brand new cars

You're the greatest thing in my life, baby
Between me and you i know i've got the best deal
Let me thank you, baby, you've been so true
I'd lose my mind if i lost you

You're sittin' there lookin' proud
Thinkin' you're so fine
Tryin' to run around
With every friend of mine
Think you're so smart baby
Think that i'm a fool
Yeah, i'm gonna tell you baby
You'd better play it cool

I'm tired of your jive
Yeah baby i'm tired of your jive
I refuse to be your fool mama
Hey i'm tired of your jive

You think that i don't see
What you do behind my back
You think i outta love you baby
No matter how you act
You'll never miss your water baby
Till the world goes dry
I'm gonna tell you
Gonna miss me, bye and bye

I'm tired of your jive
Yeah baby i'm tired of your jive
I refuse to be your fool mama
Hey i'm tired of your jive

Sittin' there smilin'
Like nothing's wrong
I don't intend to pull your coat baby
You'll know it when i'm gone
You'll never miss your water baby
Till the world runs goes dry
Now i'm gonna tell you
Gonna miss me, bye and bye

I'm tired of your jive
Baby i'm tired of your jive
Yes, i'm here to tell you woman
Baby i'm tired of your jive

Know i love you for myself
Yes, and you're gone to somebody else
And i'm worried yes, i'm worried all alone

I go to bed prayin' each night
I'm hopin' darlin', you'll treat me right
And i'm worried yes, as a man can be

All i can do is pray
Hope that maybe i'll find you someday
But until then, darlin' i'll pray all day long

I'll do everything i can
Tryin' to get you to understand
I don't want to see you round, darlin' with other men

Ah, you know i love you, love you for myself
Gone and left me for somebody else
All i can do is pray for you

I work hard everyday
Do the same at night
But still my baby
Ain't treating me right

Tell me baby baby baby baby
What can i do?
Do i have to shut your mouth
Just to get along with you?

When i'm home at night
I can't read a book
Without you being huffed up
Giving me a dirty look

Tell me baby baby baby baby
What can i do?
Do i have to shut your mouth
Just to get along with you?

She's so jealous, man
Till it's a sin
She don't even trust me
Out with men

Tell me baby baby baby baby
What can i do?
Do i have to shut your mouth
Just to get along with you?

I've traveled for miles around
It seems like everybody wanna put me down
Because i'm a blues man
But i'm a good man, understand

I went down to the bus station
Looked up on the wall
My money was too light, people
Couldn't go nowhere at all
I'm a blues man
But a good man, understand

The burdens that i carry are so heavy, you see
It seems like it ain't nobody in this great big world
That would wanna help old b.
But i will be all right, people
Just give me a break
Good things come to those who wait
And i've waited a long time
I'm a blues man but a good man, understand

Just tell me baby! just tell me baby!
What can i do to change your mind?
Hey, hey, hey baby
What can i do to change your mind
I've got the blues about you baby*
You keep me worried all the time

You say you love me
I believe you do
But i think you're trying to quit me
And what more can i do?

Hey, hey, hey baby
What can i do to change your mind?
I've got the blues about you baby
You keep me worried all the time

You've got a man in the east
You've got a man in the west
I'm sitting here wondering
Which one you love the best

Hey, hey, hey baby
What can i do to change your mind?
Got the blues about you baby
Keep me worried all the time

*in the original version:
I've got the freight train blues
Baby, and the tracks are all out of line

I want you to stop right there, baby
Baby, and try to understand
Hey, i might have been your fool for a while, baby
But i know i'm a good loving man
And you shouldn't lie to me, baby
Makes me mad as a man can be

I know when you got home last night
Your kissing me was your plan
I know you were just faking me, baby
'cause you'd been out with your other man
And you shouldn't lie to me, baby
Makes me mad as a man can be

Hey, i can't quit you, baby
'cause you're honey but the bees don't know
There's one thing i got to tell you, little girl
Just one thing before i go
That is you shouldn't lie to me, baby
Makes me mad as a man can be

Well, it feels alright, 'n' ev'rything is really ok
Well, it feels alright, 'n' ev'rything is really ok
Well, and the love of my baby, whoo, make me feel this way

Well, she got great big legs, whoo, and the cutest little feet
Yeah, she got great big legs, man, and the cutest little feet
Hey, she upsets ev'rybody, ev'ry man she meet
Alright!

Look out, well, help me, somebody
I love ya baby, oh, sweet like heaven up above
Well, i pray to the lord, you're the only one i love

I walk in my bedroom floor
I hung my head and cry
I gotta find my baby
You know i can

Nobody loves me, but my mother,
And she could me jivin' too.

Nobody loves me, but my mother,
And she could me jivin' too.

Now you see why i act so funny, baby,
When you do the things you do.

When i first met you, said you would be mine
Found out later you was tellin' me a lie
And now i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

Now if there's one thing that i just can't stand
Can't stand to see you with another man
Because i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

I did all for you, did all i could
All i did darlin', it didn't do me no good
And now i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

Now i'm goin' on, goin' on my way
I know you don't love me now darlin'
But you will some old day
Because i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

When that midnight hour went chiming,
I was in my room alone
Yes, when that midnight hour went chiming,
I was in my room alone
Yes, and when i came home this evening,
I found my baby gone

Oh, i laid my head on my pillow,
I gazed up at the stars up above
Yes, i laid my head on my pillow,
Yes, lookin' up at the stars above
I tell you it's a miserable feeling,
Oh, when you lose the one you love

Oh, i get the blues at midnight,
Oh there's one thing i can't describe
Oh, i get the blues at midnight,
Oh there's one thing i can't describe
Yes, and when you look at your baby's picture
Oh, the tears will come from your eyes

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I was a sailor, i was lost in sea
I was under the waves, before love rescued me
I was a fighter i could turn on a threat
Now i stand accused of the things i've said.

When love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town,
I'm gonna catch that flame.
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down,
But i did what i did before love came to town.

Used to make love under a red sunset,
I was making promises i was soon to forget.
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown,
But i left her standing before love came to town.

Ran into a juke joint when i heard a guitar scream,
The notes were turning blue when i fell into a dream
As the music played i saw my life turn around
That was the day before love came to town.

Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town,
I'm gonna catch that flame.
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down,
But i did what i did before love came to town.

I was there when they crucified my lord
I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword
I threw the dice when they pierced his side,
But i've seen love conquer the great divide.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

You took me way back in the country
You fed me on love and greens
You laid my head upon a feather bed
And i sure had some mighty sweet dreams

Don't you know we got something going on
You and me, me and you
Love can be a song if you like the tune
So sing to me, i'll sing to you
It goes ooh -
Just let the feelings flow
It goes ooh -
That's the way our love song goes

Mornings come easy in the country
Never had this feeling before
Ever since you found me
Love has been around me
And i'll never be lonely no more

Don't you know we got something going on
You and me, me and you
Love can be a song if you like the tune
So sing to me, i'll sing to you
It goes ooh -
Just let the feelings flow
It goes ooh -
That's the way our love song goes

Well, some people love mambo
And so do i
The dance is kinda hard
So i don't think i'll try
I'll do the boogie
Yes, i'll do the boogie
Well, i'll do the boogie
'cause i think it's much easier to do

Well , some people swing fast
Some swing it slow
It just knocks me out
To see my baby on the floor
I love to see her boogie
Yes, love to see her boogie
Well, i love to see her boogie
I think i'll try it a little bit too

Well, i swing her way out
Then pull her in close
I'm tellin' you, boys
That upsets me the most
I love to see her boogie
Yes, love to see her boogie
Well, it knocks me out to see her boogie
So, i think i'll try it a little bit too

I

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

Thank you so much, we thank you.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
Right here we're going all back to the begun.
All we go to the very beginnin',
Before we made this and very few people knew about, b.b. king.

We go all back this time.
You remind and go back one time, do you?
Sometimes you feel good go back and start all over again.
Oh boy!
You show so good to me, i will tell that
That you are

Now here it is, three o'clock in the morning,
Oh can't even close my eyes.
Oh yes.
It's three o'clock in the morning baby,
Oh, i can't even close my eyes.
Well, you know i can't find my baby,
Keep on lookin' be satisfied.

I've looked around me, people,
Hey, and my baby she knows she can't be found.
Looked all around me, people,
Oh, my baby, she can't be found.
Well, you know if i don't find my baby,
People, i'm going down to the golden ground.

That's where the fellows hang out down there,
They shoot pool, you know.

Goodbye, everybody,
Oh, i do believe this is the end,
Oh, oh, goodbye everybody,
Oh i do believe that this is the end.
Oh i want you to tell my baby,
Oh, to forgive me for my sins.

A guy feels lonely then, when you hear something like that
You can't do whatever you wanna do.
Because your mind is on the person you know.
You figure something you've done
You don't know what it is because she won't tell you
But every time you look at her, she just starts to crying and won't say nothing.
Then you say to yourself

It's my own fault, baby,
Treat me the way you wanna do,
Oh, yes, my own fault, baby,
Treat me the way you wanna do.
Because when you would love me, baby,
Oh, a good time looked down,
That wouldn't be true.

I go up on my feet and i had a lot of friends,
Now bad luck has hit me people,
And now i'm down again.
Oh, i wonder why?
Why does everything have to happen to me?
I'm blue and i'm lonesome, people,
My heart is filled with misery.

Once i had a lotta money,
They say the greatest man until
But bad luck has hit me now,
Pain has got me down.
Yes, i wonder why, people
Why does everything have to happen to me?
I say i'm blue and i'm lonesome, people,
My heart is filled with misery.

Part 1:
Blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes
Yes the blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes
Well dark is the night, since my baby said good-bye

Oh how i've suffered since my baby went away
Yes how i've suffered since my baby went away
And i've got that feeling that my baby's gone to stay

Take me back baby, forgive me for the wrong i've done
Yes take me back darling, forgive me for the wrong i've done
Well i know i love you, and you're the only one

Yes talk to me baby, call me on the telephone
Yeah talk to me baby, call me on the telephone
Yes the blues has got me, and i want my baby home

Yes if your baby love you, keep her home and treat her nice
Oh if your baby love you, you better keep her home and treat her nice
Well never mistreat a good woman, this is some doggone good advice

Part 2:

Yes it's been so long since i've seen my baby's face
Well it's been so long since i've seen my baby's face
I'm tellin' you people, no one else can ever take her place

Yes the doorbell is ringing, i know there must be somethin' wrong
Yes the doorbell is ringing, i know it must be somethin' wrong
Well looka here it's my baby, she's done changed her mind and come home

So hurry baby, come on in and close the door
Yes hurry baby, come on in and close the door
Let me put my arms around you baby, so my nights won't be dark no more

She told me she'd been loved before
If i took a little less
She'd give a little more
She told me she'd been hurt a lot
But somehow she still knew
What a woman's love was for

She said if i would take a second-hand woman
The night wouldn't be so long
She said if i would take a second-hand woman
She'd put love where love belonged
I said that's alright with me
I'll do everything i can
After all baby i'm a second-hand man

I showed her where i hid the scars
From all the battles i had fought
In lost and lonely wars
It took al night for us to understand
Life had led to us
Loves old soft and healing hand

.b. boogie darlin'
The b.b. boogie baby
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Well i looked at the clock
The clock said four
My baby jumped up
She said, "b., let's go"

Do the b.b. boogie baby
B.b. boogie darlin'
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Grabbed my bay turned her round and round
She said, "b.'s the boogiest man in town"

B.b. boogie darlin'
The b.b. boogie baby
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

I grabbed my baby and i held her tight
Me and my baby do the boogie all night

B.b. boogie darlin'
The b.b. boogie baby
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

I grabbed my baby and i held her tight
She said, "love me baby and squeeze me tight"

The b.b. boogie
B.b. boogie darlin'
B.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Someone really loves you
Guess who
Someone really cares
Guess who
S'open your heart,
Oh, then surely you'll see,
Oh, that the someone who really cares is me

Someone will wait eternally
Someone who'll want your love,
Oh so desp'rately
Open your heart,
Oh, then surely you'll see,
Oh, that the someone who really cares,
Who really cares is me

Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
I can love you baby
Better than your used-to-be

Oh baby, don't you need a man like me
Oh baby, don't you need a man like me
I can love you baby
Better than any man in town

Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
I can love you baby
Better than your used-to-be

Once upon a time, a long long time ago, wherever you'd lead me, i would surely follow
Girl, you put me through some pain and misery
And now you are standing on my doorstep, telling me how much you need me
Baby, ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)
Ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)

How many times i begged for you to come home, but you laughed at me and said let me
Alone
Through my falling tears i saw you walk away
And now you're beggin' me to forgive you, but this time, baby, it's your turn to beg
Baby, ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)
Ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)

Girl, i used to love you, in ways no one else would love you
Gave you everything that i own
Girl, you can't come back here
Ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)

Once upon a time, when you went on your way
But, girl, i hoped and prayed, that you'd come back some day
But time has made some changes, turned me upside down
So, you can beg me to forgive you, but this time, baby, you can turn right around

Ain't nobody home
Ain't nobody home
Girl, you hurt me once (chorus: ain't nobody home)
I hear you knockin' (chorus: ain't nobody home)

My gal keeps me cryin'
My gal keeps me cryin'
Wringin' my hands and cryin'
Oh lord, make her treat me right
I done got so
I can't stand her out of my sight

She's the best love i ever had
The best love i ever had
But sometime
My baby knows she makes me mad
Sometimes she makes me happy
Then again she makes feel so sad

Hey, she's the best love i ever had
The best love i ever had
But sometime
My baby knows she makes me mad
Sometimes she makes me happy
Then again she makes feel so sad

Got a new way of driving
Come ride in this car with me
Got a new way of driving
Come ride in this car with me
I ride so you bring back your memory

We'll ride in the mornin'
Put your (???) clothes in my (???)
We'll ride in the mornin'
Put your (???) clothes in my (???)
I'll ride so even
I swear i won't do harm

Well we'll ride in the mornin'
We'll ride at night
We'll ride pretty baby til we ride just right

Come on baby in this car with me
I'll ride you so easy
Bring back your memory

Well we'll ride in the mornin'
Ride before day
Ride pretty baby drive the blues away

Come on baby in this car with me
I'll ride you so easy
Bring back your memory

When i first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
When i first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
You just left your home then, woman
Ah, the sweetest thing i'd ever seen

But you wouldn't do nothing, baby
You wouldn't do anything i asked to
You wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
You wouldn't do anything i asked to
You know you ran away from your home, baby
And now you wanna run away from old b. too

You know i loved you, baby
I loved you before i could call your name
You know i loved you, baby
Baby i loved you, i love you before i could call your name
Well, it seems like everything i do now baby
Everything i do is in vain

My brother's in korea, baby
My sister's down in new orleans
Brother's in korea baby
My sister's down in new orleans
You know i'm having so much trouble woman
Baby, i wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me

You know i love you
And i'll do anything you tell me to
You know i love you
And i'll do anything you tell me to
Well, there ain't nothing in the world, woman
Babe, it ain't nothing
Nothing in the world i wouldn't do it for you

You can treat me mean, baby
But i'll keep on loving you just the same
You can treat me mean baby
But i'll keep on loving you just the same
But one of these days, baby
You're gonna give a lot of money
To hear someone call my name

Yes, sweet sixteen baby... sweet sixteen...
Yes, the sweetest thing baby
The sweetest thing i ever seen
You know i'm having so much trouble, woman
Baby i wonder
Yes i wonder
Baby i wonder
Oh, i wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me

I wonder why, why my baby won't treat me right
I wonder why, why my baby won't treat me right
She go off every day and she won't come home 'till night

"i'll be home" well, last week that's what she said
"i'll be home" well, last week that's what she said
She don't care if i don't eat
'cos she don't know how the rent is paid

She's a gamblin' woman, she chases men in between
She's a gamblin' girl, she chases men in between
She mistreats me and she cheats me
Meanest woman i ever seen

The kid's in bed, i lay awake 'till broad daylight
The kid's in bed, i lay awake 'till broad daylight
Every now and then i wonder will my baby be home tonight

I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

Oh, so many strange things
They happen to me all day long
Oh, so many strange things
They happen to me all day long
Yes. it seems like everything i do
Everything i do is wrong

I had a good reputation
The greatest man in town
But i'm having so much troubles
Til they 'bout to drag me down

I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

I got up on my feet
I had lots of friends
But hard luck have hit me
Now i'm down again

I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

Well, i work hard everyday
Come home straight home with my pay
My baby either drink it up
Or she threw it all away

I'm gonna quit my baby
If she don't stop cheatin' and lyin'
Well, i would rather be alone
Than to be worried out of my mind

Well, i give her all of my money
I think i'm being kind
She buy a quart of bad whiskey
And the rest is beer and wine

Well, a few nights ago
I had to work kinda late
Somebody broke out of my house
Just like he was superman's mate

Well, four o'clock this morning, when i staggered in the block
The little moonshine joint and the rest just begin to rock
I sneaked inside to get a better view
I caught my woman doin' the mambo too

Merry christmas baby
Babe you sure did treat me nice
Yeah! merry merry merry christmas baby
Babe you sure did treat me nice
Gave me a diamond ring for christmas
And now i'm living in paradise

Oh! i'm feeling mighty fine this morning
I've got good music on my radio
Hey baby, i'm feeling mighty fine
I've got good music on my radio
I would love to hug and kiss you baby
While you're standing beneath the mistletoe

Santa came down the chimney
About half past three
He got all of these presents that you'll use
See, i'll help you put on these

Merry merry merry christmas baby
Oh! you sure been good to me
I haven't had a drink this evenin' baby
But i'm all lit up like a christmas tree

Hey! merry merry merry christmas baby
I've got good music on my radio
I said, merry merry merry christmas baby
I've got good music on my radio
I would love to hug and kiss you baby
While you're standing beneath the mistletoe

I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm gonna take her in my arms
I'm gonna hold her all night long
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home

So now, hurry up mister man
Load just as fast as you can
The plane is already late
I'm gonna get home as soon as i can
I wanted to take a bus
But they said the road was bad
I started to take a train but a freight was all they had

I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm gonna take her in my arms
I'm gonna hold her all night long
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home

If there is something wrong
Want to you please let me know
Because my baby needs me
And i really really must go
How bad i wanna see my woman
I guess you'll never know
I would start tryin' to walk
But walkin' is too slow

I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm gonna take her in my arms
I'm gonna hold her all night long
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home

Oh, i wish i was single, 'cause my woman, she drives me mad
I wish i was single, 'cause my woman, she drives me mad
Yes, she's always accusing me of someone of someone i ain't never had

Last night i felt lucky but my luck was running slow
The last hand i caught four aces and the police broke down the door
I said, "lord, lord, what can a poor boy do?"
It's tough when you can't make no money,
Seems like all the bad breaks come to you

Got home this morning, she was looking kind-a funny
She said, "don't come in here daddy, unless you got some money"
I said, "lord, lord, what can a poor boy do?"
It's tough when you can't make no money,
Seems like all the bad breaks come to you

I asked my woman for some dinner, she looked at me like a fool
She said, "i'm playing checkers, daddy, and i think it's your time to move"
I said, "lord, lord, what can a poor boy do?"
It's tough when you can't make no money,
Seems like all the bad breaks come to you

My pockets are empty, i feel so low
If somebody loves me, ain't said so
And i got holes in both of my shoes
Don't look now but i've got the blues

There ain't nobody on this old earth
Who'll give a nickel for what i'm worth
I got more worries that i can use
Don't look now but i've got the blues

Troubles everywhere, i act like i don't care
But it's not true
'cos i remember things, so many many things
But mostly, i remember you

I'm gonna go some place else
And cry these tears all by myself
I ain't got nothing left to lose
Don't look now but i've got the blues

The world goes round
No one knows what it all means
You're still out there
Looking for a brand new scene
And i'm still here
Never have been hard to find
When new gets old
I'll be playing on your mind

When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around
When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around

The day will come when there's nothing new to see
And then you'll know here is where you want to be
You know my song used to take your heart away
That same old feel is gonna bring you back to stay

When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around
When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around

I've traveled from town to town
Seems like everybody wanna throw me down
'cause i'm a poor man
But i'm a good man, understand

I went down to the train station
Looked up on the wall
My money was too light, baby
Couldn't go nowhere at all
I'm a poor man
But i'm a good man, understand

The burden that i carry is so heavy, you see
It seems like there ain't nobody in this world
Who would wanna help poor me

Well, i would be all right, baby
Just give me a break
Good things come to those who wait
'cause i've been a good man
But i'm a poor man, understand

You let me down
All over town
I guess by now i should be gone
Yet here i stand
Still in your hands
Cause you're the best i've ever known

I try and try to say good-bye
I just can't leave your love alone
And after you what will i do
I just can't leave your love alone

I walk away most everyday
Don't need a love that hurts me so
Then every night you get it right
Until i'm moaning soft and low

I try and try to say good-bye
I just can't leave your love alone
And after you what will i do
I just can't leave your love alone

Come back, baby, don't break up my home
Yeah, you know i'm gonna miss you darlin'
After you are gone
Come back, baby, can we talk it over one more time

Oh baby, you know this world wasn't made in one day
Woah, we can talk it over, darling
Before you go away
Come back baby, let's talk it over one more time

Well now, baby, don't break up my heart
Well, lord it hurts me so bad, darling
For us to have to part
So come back, baby, yeah, we can talk it over one more time

Well, come back, baby, you know just what i love
Well, if i can't be with you, darling
Send me to heaven above
So come back, baby
Can't we talk it over, one more time

I said lord up in heaven
Honey, what's been wrong with you
Just give me one good reason
For what we've been going through

Oh go on
'cause you brought me to my knees
Go on, do just what you please
I'd rather you'd just leave me alone
So baby, go on

Are you sure you still love me
All you seem to want to do is fight
Always telling me
I can't do anything right

You'd better go on
You've got me on my knees
Go on, do just what you please
I'd rather you just leave me alone
So baby, go on

Go on, go on, go on, baby, go on
Go on
'cause you brought me to my knees
Go on, do just what you please
You wanna lose your happy home
Then baby, go on

Now i've run out of patience
And the chances are slim
Since i walked around the corner
Saw you kissing on him
You said he's just a long lost friend
If you please
You'd better take him home now
So darling, where's the keys

Go on, got me on my knees
Go on, do just what you please
You wanna lose your happy home
Then baby, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on
I'd rather you just leave me alone
Baby, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, baby, go on
Go on, baby, go on, go on . . .

I used to wake up in the morning with an aching head.
I couldn't remember anything i'd said.
My friends told me i was getting out of line.
If it wasn't for you baby, i'd be doing time.

Since i met you baby,
You've made a new man of me.
Since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
Yes i am.

I used to think i was better than the rest.
Ain't no doubt about it, i was no second best.
Didn't seem to matter what was right or what was wrong.
I did some crazy things before you came along.
Since i met you baby,
You've made a new man of me.

Since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
Yes, i am.

Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
One more time!

Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Well, since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
Yes, i am.

Happy as a man can be.
You tell 'em gary!
Yeah!

Woke up this morning i was all alone
Saw your picture by the telephone
I was missing you oh so bad
Wish i had you here to hold
All i've got is this touch-tone phone
So i guess i'll give you a call

Operator help me please
Get thru to my baby way overseas
Time's wastin' oh so fast
Hello baby tell me is that you
I don't know what we're gonna do
But for now i'm glad i got you on the line

Well it feels so fine
Knowing you're all right
But you're miles away
Lord it's not the same

Well i woke up this morning i was all alone
Saw your picture by the telephone
I've been missing you baby oh so bad
I love you baby with all my might
Come on home and squeeze me tight
Long distance lovin's
Gonna drive me out of my mind

All of your affection is gone baby and your love is growing cold
I've said all of your affection is gone baby and your love is growing cold
Hey, i've got a new story to tell you this evening, baby
One that ain't never been told

I went to work the other day
But i thought that i would double back
And that car i saw sitting in front of my door
Looked like a brand new, a brand new cadillac, yeah!

I ain't got none now baby
I think you've been cheating on me
I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some outside help
That i don't think i really need

The iceman came by this morning
And you know he didn't leave no ice
The postman came by later baby
And he didn't even ring twice

I think you've been cheating on me
I think you're running out on me
I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some outside help
That i don't think i really need

Now, i want you to tell the iceman
The next time he'd better leave some ice
And i want you to tell the postman
He'd better ring more than twice

And when i come home from work in the morning
Better still be some groceries on the shelf.
I want to tell that slick insurance man
That he'd better write some insurance on his self.

Yes, i think you've been cheating on me
I think you're running out on me
I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some help, some help
Some help, i don't really need

Long about sundown, i've gotta be on my way
Sad long about sundown, i've gotta be on my way
Goin' back to my woman and this time i'm gonna stay

Yes, i've been gone for a long time
Wonder if i'm welcome home
Been gone for a long time
Wonder if i'm welcome home
So many things can happen
When a man leaves his baby all alone

Yes, it took a long time, baby
To realise what a fool i've been
Well, i said it took a long, long time, baby
To realise what a fool i've been
When i knock on the door
I wonder will she let me in

I want to go home but i ain't got sufficient clothes
Doggone my bad luck soul
I ain't got no money and my job's done closed
I would call that old woman but i'm afraid that she may explode

My wife done quit me, my girlfriend too
Doggone my bad luck soul
I ain't got nobody and i don't know what to do
They say things will get better but i don't believe it's true

I thought i had friends but they all disappeared
Doggone my bad luck soul
Everything i do people, everything i do seems to be wrong
It wouldn't be so bad if i knew i had a home

Girl, you're my sunshine
You chase away the raindrops
Make it all worthwhile
Make all the pain stop
Just like a river you keep love flowing
Don't let our world stop, keep it growing

Oh i like you just the way you are
Honey, don't change on me
Don't change on me
Please don't change on me
Girl, you're my lucky star
Don't change on me
Don't change on me
(please) don't ever change

I used to wonder where would i find
Some kind of happiness and peace of mind
I was living in darkness
Oh but then you came
Bringing in the sunlight
And easing my pain

Oh i like you just the way you are
Honey, don't change on me
Don't change on me
Please don't change on me
Girl, you're my lucky star
Don't change on me
Don't change on me
(please) don't ever change

If there's a heaven
Then this is my prayer
Lord knows i want to know you
If we ever should meet there
And then forever we'll walk together
Nothing but sunshine
And no more stormy weather

Oh i like you just the way you are
Honey, don't change on me
Don't change on me
Please don't change on me
Girl, you're my lucky star
Don't change on me
Don't change on me
(please) don't ever change

I had no worries
Till i met you
But ever since that day, baby
Lord, what i've been doing through
I found no rest
No happiness
You don't do nothing but making me blue

You said you loved me
And i believed in you
I sent you down baby
And been seein' you through
But for that mistake
You made my heart ache
You don't do nothing but making me blue

This life i'm living
Stayin' here with you
Been nothing but heartaches
Woman and you know it's true
You don't satisfy
Won't even try
You don't do nothing but making me blue

Now i'm sayin' it's over
Yes, and leavin' you
Just stay where you are, little girl
I say i'm leavin' you
You had your fun
What's done is done
You don't do nothing but making me blue

I was born and raised down in alabama on a farm way back up in the woods. oh
I was so ragged folks used to call me "patches". papa used to tease me about
It, but deep down inside dad was hurtin' 'cause he'd done the best he could.

My papa was a great old man
I can see him with a shovel in his hand
Education that he never had
But he did wonders when the times got bad
The little money from the crops we raised
Barely paid the bills we made

Oh life whipped him
Down to the ground
When he tried to get up
Life would kick him back down
On the day papa called me
To his dyin' bed
Placed his hand on my shoulders
And in tears he said

Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

Two days later papa passed away
And i became a man that day
Everyday i had to work the fields
'cause that's the only way
We got our meals
See, i was the oldest of the family
And everybody was depending on me

Now the years have passed
And everybody's grown
Mama's been livin'
In a brand new home
Lord knows it took
A lot of sweat and tears
And my daddy's voice
To help us through the years
He said -

Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

Daddy had been sick for a long time, flat on his back. every evenin' after
We'd finish our chores and eat our dinner, we'd all go into papa's room to
Cheer him up a little. and this particular day dad was in good spirits,
Sittin' on the side of the bed, tellin' mama how good she looked. when all
Of a sudden, papa had a pain in his chest. i was too young to understand,
Talkin' about a heart attack here. mama rushed us all out of the room into
The hallway. about ten minutes later she came out with tears in her eyes.
She called out to me, "patches, patches, get in here, boy. your daddy wanna
See you." i went runnin' into papa's room, there papa lay. daddy had tears
In his eyes. i knew something was wrong, daddy was a poor man, but all of my
Life he'd been a proud man. i knelt down on one knee beside the bed, papa
Put his hand on my shoulder. he said, "patches, patches, boy, the hammer of
Life done beat your old papa down to the ground, and i ain't got nobody to
Turn to to take care of mama and the younger. so what i want you to do is
Promise me, son, is that you're gonna do your best to help your mama as much
As you can." i said, "papa, i'm gonna do my best." but little did i know
Then like i know now, that tryin' to climb life's mountains searchin' for a
Top where there ain't no top, sometimes you find yourself frustrated, lazy.
But every time i feel like i can't live my life like i want to, my mind goes
Back to that day when i see those tears in my daddy's eyes. but most of all
I remember his words, "patches, i'm dependin' on you, boy." every time i
Feel like givin' up, i hear his voice. "patches, patches, patches, patches -"

I'm depending on you, son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest

Patches
I'm depending on you, son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest
Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

Learn to love or leave me
Either one you wanna do
Learn to love or leave me
Either one you wanna do
Because strange things are happening
And something may happen to you

Well, if you know you don't want me baby
Why in the world would you let me be
Yes if you know you don't want me baby
Tell me why would you let me be
Because it's better to live without you baby
Than to live on in misery

Yeah, midnight finds me crying
Oh daylight finds me crying too
Yes midnight finds me crying
Daylight finds me crying too
You better straighten your mind pretty baby
Because something may happen to you

So many days
I'd rather steal away and die
So many days
I'd rather steal away and die
I was too blue to live
And to mean to die

You've been so mean baby
You've been so mean to me
Baby, you've been so mean
You've been so mean to me
I've got to get even with you woman
You just hang around and see

Baby you ain't no good
You ain't no good no how
Baby you ain't no good
You ain't no good no how
Yes, the way i used to love you woman
Baby that's the way i hate you now

Yes, you can pack your clothes baby
You can pack your clothes and go
Pack your clothes, woman
You can pack your clothes and go
I want you to know baby
You ain't no better than the little girl i had before

I got a boogie-woogie woman
Boogie-woogie all the time
I got a boogie-woogie woman
Boogie-woogie all the time
If she keep on boogyin'
She bound to lose her mind

Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies all night long
Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies all night long
Yes, and the...come
She's still goin' strong

Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies late at night
Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies late at night
Well, i don't mind her boogyin'
'cause her boogyin' is all right

Well, she's a bogie-woogie woman
And she boogies all the time
Well, she's a bogie-woogie woman
And she boogies all the time
Well, if keep on boogyin'
She bound to lose her mind

Well, this past day, darlin'
I don't have to cry no more
Well, this past day, darlin'
I don't have to cry no more
Well, i found my baby
Don't have to walk from door to door

Well, i look around me
Lord, my baby can't be found
Well, i look around me
Lord, my baby can't be found
Well, i don't have to walk around no more
Don't have to go down to the bowlin' ground

Oh, i'm sayin' goodbye
Well, i don't say goodbye no more
Oh, i'm sayin' goodbye
Well, i don't say goodbye no more
Well, i found my baby
Don't have to walk from door to door

The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no, they can't take that away from me

The way you smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no, they can't take that away from me

We may never, never meet again
On that bumpy road to love
Still i'll always, always
Keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we dance till three
The way you've changed my life
Oh, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away

We may never, never meet again
On that bumpy road to love
Still i'll always, always
Keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we dance till three
The way you've changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away
They can't take that away
They can't take that away from me

Don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
Yes don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
One day she'll say that she loves you
And the next day she'll throw you in the street

She'll smother you with kisses
When her birthday comes around
But as soon as she gets her presents
She'll down talk you all over over town
No don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
One day she'll say that she loves you
And the next day she'll throw you in the street

She'll beg you for clothes and diamonds
Until you're all in hock
And then you'll come home one mornin'
And your key won't fit the lock
Don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
Well, one day she'll say that she loves you
The next day she'll throw you in the street

She'll call you every mornin'
Every mornin' noon and night
She'll call you in between times
Just to see if you're doin' alright
She'll ask to borrow five
And then she'll beg for ten
And baby that five and ten
You won't ever see again!

Man don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
One day she'll say that she loves you
And the next day she'll throw you in the street

Come back to me, baby
I feel so all alone
It rained last night
And things ain't right
Without my baby home

Every time it rains
I think of you
And that's the time
I feel so blue
When the rain starts falling
My love comes tumbling down
And it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

If you see clouds
Here in my eyes
It's just because
You said good-bye
Although the sun is shining
There's no more summer skies
`cause it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

Remember the night you told me
Our love would always be
I wouldn't be blue and lonely
If you'd come back to me
Every single cloud
Would disappear
I'd wear a smile
If you were here
So baby, won't you hurry
Because i miss you so
And it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

Remember the night you told me
Our love would always be
I wouldn't be blue and lonely
If you'd come back to me
Every single cloud
Would disappear
I'd wear a smile
If you were here
So baby, won't you hurry
Because i miss you so
And it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

Say what you wanna
Say what you please
It don't make no difference, baby
You're all right with me
I'm gonna keep on loving you, baby
I'm gonna keep on till the day i die
I keep on loving you
Baby, because the way you satisfy

I'm gonna tell you one thing
I'm not gonna say it again
The way i love you, baby
You know it's a doggone sin
Gonna keep on loving you
I'm gonna keep on loving you, woman
Baby, until the day i die, yeah

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

Well, baby, baby, baby look at you
Yes, i said baby, baby, baby, baby look at you
Well, you want to jump on me and hurt me
'cos i won't let you tell me what to do

Well, when i first met you baby
You didn't know what love is about
You were standin' on the streets beggin'
And ragged as a barrel of sauerkraut

Baby, baby, baby look at you
Well now, you want to jump on me and hurt me
'cos i won't let you tell me what to do

Well, you said once that you loved me
I would always be your own
And now you got your hands on some money, baby
And you're drivin' b.b. away from home

Well, you said that you loved me
I always would be your man
Now you thrown me outdoors
And said "go and do the best you can"

Here is somethin' baby, i want you to do
I ain't barrin' nobody baby, i mean you and your lyin' friends too
Don't cry baby, don't even spill a tear
Yes, you just pack your clothes baby,
Baby and get on outta here

I gave you a chance and that you know,
You got greedy and thirsty baby and you spent more and more
There's no need cryin' baby, don't even spill a tear,
You just pack your clothes baby, baby and get on outta here

You and your friends you say you had fun,
You went every place woman, that you wanted to go
And when i tried to talk to you baby,
You didn't listen to a word i say
And now baby you must be crazier, that juice has gone to your head
Ain't no need of cryin' woman, baby, don't even spill a tear
You just pack your clothes baby,
I mean and get on outta here

Whenever i try to hold my baby,
She just stand there for a while
No matter how i try to please that woman,
She won't even crack a smile
Lord, maybe you in heaven can help me,
'cause this is one evil child
Oh, i say maybe, maybe somebody can help me,
Because this is one evil child

When i buy her flowers or candy she just looks at me and growls,
She say, "you must be guilty or have a guilty conscience buddy",
Because i'm convicted without a trial
She just grunts when i call baby, hmm one evil child
I said, "lord, maybe you can help me, because she's a strange and evil child"

Still, i'm tryin' to please my woman but she 'bout to drive me wild
I buy her hundred dollar dresses, people,
Still she complains about the style
Won't somebody give me a suggestion?
Help me with this evil child
Oh, maybe the lord in heaven above can help me

If you love me, baby
Why don't you write me sometime
If you, if you love me, baby
Why don't you let me
Hear from you sometime
You don't do nothing
But keep me worried
You just keep me worried
All the time

You know i think about you, baby
I think about you
Every night about this time
Oh you know, you know
You know i think about you, baby
I think about you
Every night about this time
It seems like you would treat me
A little better, baby
It seems like you would be
A little nicer and kind

Let me love you one more time, baby
Let me love you one more time
Before you go away
Let me, let me love you
One more time, baby
One more time before you go away
If you let me love you one more time
I think we can talk it over
Before you go away

Here i am, baby
My heart's right here in my hand
Oh here i am, baby
My heart's right here in my hand
Oh i don't want you to leave me, baby
Don't want you to go
To no other man

I'm cryin' please, baby, honey, please remember me
I'm cryin' please, baby, please remember me
Well, it fills my heart with great consolation, darlin'
To know that you will remember me

Well, i want you to love me, baby
Like the snow falls on the cold, cold ground
Yes, i want you to love me, baby
Like the snow falls on the cold, cold ground
Lord, with your love like that, darlin'
I know you'll never let me down

Well, alright
Just talk to me, baby
Yes, alright

Well, when you were leavin', baby
Well, i could see the smile on your face
Oh, yes, when my baby was leavin'
People, i could see the smile on her face
Well, you know i'm so glad, people
There is no-one can take my place

she's a ghetto woman, waitin for her man to come home
Oh poor ghetto woman waitin for her man to come home
She's just a ghetto woman waitin for her man to come home
To come home

A rat run cross the floor, a roach turn up the wall
Everything is noisy around her, that don't seem to bother her at all
Cause she's a ghetto woman, sittin there all alone
She's just a ghetto woman waitin for her man to come home
To come home

Yes, the tv's on, radio blastin' the news
Somebody down the hall, playin the low down dirty blues
My ghetto woman, she's all alone
She's just a ghetto woman, waitin for her man to come home
To come home

Cause she's a ghetto woman, said she's a ghetto woman
Oh, ghetto woman, what's on your mind
Sometimes i look in your face, can't help but cry.

I've been a roaming romeo
My juliets have been many
But now my roaming days are gone
Too many irons in the fire
Is worse than not having any
I've had my share and from now on

I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Lord help me
If my baby don't come through

I've got a great big amount
Saved up in my love account
Honey, and i decided
Love divided in two won't do
So i'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you

Now here's what i mean.

I've been a roaming juliet
Yeah, she has
My romeos have been many
You're right, baby
But now my roaming days are gone
That's what i wanna hear
Too many irons in the fire
Yeah?
Is worse than not having any
Um huh!
I've had my share and from now on
Yeah?

I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you
Daddy!
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Lord help me
If my baby don't come through

Got a great big amount
Saved up in my love account
Honey, i've decided
Love divided in two won't do
In two, won't do
So i'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you
I'm betting everything i got on you

I'm betting on you, baby.
Got on you.
I'm betting on you.

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

When i was a young man
Just gotten out
I didn't know
What this world was all about
I was lied to, i was cheated
I played all kinds of fools
It didn't take me long
To learn the rules

Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me

Lady swore she loved me
Loved through and through
And then my pal said
She said she loved him, too
And the milkman and the postman
And in a dream
I saw her with the local
Football team

Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me once
Do me as bad as you can do
Shame on you
Shame on you
Fool me twice
I'll be as mad as i can be
Shame on me
Shame on me

Banker took my money
Bought him a stake
The banker swore that one day
We'd both feel great
Then the 80's turned to the 90's
And my money can't be found
Banker's on a long trip
Out of town

Fool me once
Do me as bad as you can do
Shame on you
Shame on you
Fool me twice
I'll be as mad as i can be
Shame on me
Shame on me

Yes you're on the top now, baby
But don't nothing stay the same
Hey you're on the top now, baby
But don't nothing stay the same
Every now and then, baby
Lady luck deals another hand

You're calling me your pal now
When i used to be your man
Hey you're calling me your pal now, baby
When i used to be your man
You're flying real high now, baby
Go on and raise your sand

I realize now, baby
Your kind of love ain't true
Hey i realize now, baby
Your kind of love won't do
Well what should've been, baby
Now has all fell through

Sit yourself down, girl
And talk to me
Tell me what's on your mind
Don't keep saying
Everything's ok, baby
'cause if it was, girl
You wouldn't be crying

You've been tossing and turning
In your sleep lately, baby
Sitting around crying all day long
Now how in hell do you expect me
To understand, baby
When i don't even know what's wrong

Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out, baby

Well the last five nights
When we went to bed
Oh i could tell something wasn't right
When you turned your back
And you covered your head, baby
You didn't even say good-night

Now if you're tired
And you don't wanna be bothered, baby
Just say the word
And i'll leave you alone
Instead of lying there
Crying your eyes out
You and me oughta be getting it on

Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out, baby
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Please let's straighten it out, baby
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out now, baby

I may go and move to the jungle now
Way out in the woods
Yes, i think i'll move to the jungle people
Move way out in the woods
Yes, because the way things are here now
Well, i ain't doin' myself no good

I work hard everyday
From monday to friday night
The wages that they pay me
I swear that they're very light
The take out a little for the state
A little more for uncle sam
How can i ever catch up
And get myself out of this jam
Yes, i think i'll move to the jungle
Move way out in the woods
Yes, because the way things are here now
Well, i ain't doin' myself no good

I go to town on saturday
Just to pay my bills
I better make it early
Or the collector will come where i live
I got to church on a sunday
I get on my knees to pray
Preacher takes up collection
And say brother what will you pay
I think i'll move to the jungle
Move way out in the woods
Yes, because the way things are here now
Well, i ain't doin' myself no good

I've got a real fine woman and she gives me everything
I've got a real fine woman and she gives me everything
It just makes me feel so good just to hear my baby call my name

My baby's sly way of loving makes me feel so good i could sing
My baby's sly way of loving makes me feel so good i wanna sing
Yes, i feel just like a millionaire
When i hear my baby call my name

Yes, there ain't nobody like my baby
That's the reason i love her so
Ain't nobody, nobody, nobody like my woman
That's the reason i love her so
Yes, i would even die for her and i want the whole world to know

Yes, when i'm down she'll pick me up
And tell me "daddy you can't lose"
Yes, when i'm down, when i'm down, when i'm down, people
My baby tell me i can't lose
Yes, when all of my friends forget about me
My baby keeps away these blues

I'd rather be sloppy drunk than anything i know
I'd rather be sloppy drunk than anything i know
Another half a pint, then you'll see me go

My gal done quit me, for somebody else
Oh my gal done quit me, for somebody else
Now i'm sloppy drunk again
Sleeping all by myself

Oh i love my whiskey
Tell the world i do
Oh i love my whiskey
Telling the world i do
And my reason for drinking'...
Tryin' to get along with you

Oh i drink while i'm up
Drink until i fall
I'm gonna drink while i'm up
Drink until i fall
If you tryin' to stop me drinkin
Ain't saying nothing at all

Oh, hey bartender
Bring another half a pint
Oh, hey bartender
Bring another half a pint
Two or three more drinks
I'm gonna raid this joint

Yes! i'm sloppy drunk again
I don't care who knows
Yeahow!

You're breakin' my heart baby,
And there ain't a damn thing i can do
Yes, you got me wringin' my hands and cryin' baby,
Well, you're breakin' my heart in two
Well, it's not easy for me to believe woman,
That you are doin' the things you do

Well, it's so hard for me to believe baby,
It's hard for me to believe you would do me wrong
Yes, please have mercy baby,
Won't you stay here where you belong?
Well you know i got the blues
I got the blues so bad now baby
Sometimes you make me wish,
Make me wish i'd never, never been born

Yes, i want to know why did you let me,
Why did you let me love you so long baby?
Why did you use me like a tool?
Yes, you played a game with my heart woman,
Baby you know you used the devils rule

Well, i wish i was a catfish
Swimmin' in the deep blue sea
I'd have all you women
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me

Well, i'm broke and i'm hungry
Ragged and i'm dirty too
Well, if i clean up, baby, can i
Stay home with you
Stay home with you
Stay home with you

If i can't, can't come in
Let me sit down front of your door
I'll leave so early, your
Mom won't know
Won't never know
Won't never know

Oh, i know, know my baby
Well, she's going to jump and shout
When my train pulls in and i
I come walkin' out
Come walkin' out
Come walkin' out

Yes, i'm goin', babe i'm goin'
And your crying won't make me stay
Oh, the more that you cry, baby
More i'll go away
More i'll go away
More i'll go away

Well now i know, i know you don't want me
Why in the world won't you tell me so?
Then i won't be caught, baby, 'round
Your house no more
Your house no more
Your house no more

I don't have to know your name
Unless you really want me too
All i really want to know
Is what you want to do
Hope there's something you like
In something that you see
I don't have that much to say for me

I've always been lonely
But don't be afraid
I've always been lonely
Like a song never played
I've always been lonely
But if you come with me tonight
And stayed
At least we'd know
It wasn't loneliness we made

You don't have to know my past
It's much too much for me and you
If the sadness has to show
I guess i'll let it through
We can go till it's gone
And give it all we've got
Sometimes anything can mean a lot

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

Rock me baby, rock me all night long
Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me baby,
Like my back ain't got no bones

Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
I want you to roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me baby,
You don't know how it makes me feel

Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow
Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow
Want you to rock me baby,
Till i want no more

Yeah, you never know how you hurt me, baby
How bad i feel inside
Oh, you never know how much 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 you at chuch, woman, oh, and how i rejoice

I know the people are talkin', baby
But i don't care what they say
I realise 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

Oh my darling i was so lonely
Searching for you and for you only
Oh my darling i love you so

Oh my darling my love is true
Longing for you, no one else will do
Oh my darling i love you so

When i first saw you dear i knew you were alone
I said to myself that i'd make you my own
Your brother caught us kissing
I though he would surely tell
Until he started playing those wedding bells

Now my darling i'm yours forever
Don't ever leave me, leave me never
Oh my darling i love you so

Oh yes it's true, now i have you
And best of all i know now
That i'll never have to be blue
Oh baby, i love you so

I mean you, baby

From the little town i ran from
To the city where i strayed
There's been some good time living
And some good music played
And some good loving made
I like it
I like it just that way

I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel the beat go on
I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel it till it's gone
I wanna roll roll roll forever
And live from song to song
Right there in the music
Is right where i belong

When i meet my maker
With my music in my hand
He'll smile down when he sees me
And ask about the band
I know he'll understand
He knows life
And life can be so grand

I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel the beat go on
I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel it till it's gone
I wanna roll roll roll forever
And live from song to song
Right there in the music
Is right where i belong

Here's a story how it goes
Or so they say
How a girl came along
Took a young boy and stole him away

(but) she loved him so
Treated him nice
They fell in love once
And they fell in love twice
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

So that's the story how it goes
Or so they say
How a girl came along
Took a young boy and stole him away
Said they was crazy
When they jumped the fence
They (ain't) never been seen
Or heard of since
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

Your undercover man
Your undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

(but) she loved him so
Treated him nice
They fell in love once
And they fell in love twice
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

So that's the story how it goes
Or so they say
How a girl came along
Took a young boy and stole him away
Said they was crazy
When they jumped the fence
They (ain't) never been seen
Or heard of since
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

Your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Undercover man

Your undercover man

I got a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, she's a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, the reason i love her
Because she's dressed so fine

Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Yeah, my baby's trying to leave me
She's trying to put me down

Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Well, what i'm gonna do now
Baby, it's hard to tell

Yeah, it's bye bye
Bye bye baby bye
Well, bye bye baby
Bye bye bye baby bye bye
Yes, since you're gonna leave me
I have no need to cry

Well, early in the morning i wake with the rising sun
Yes, early in the morning i wake with the rising sun
It's my daily motto and the people all calls it fun

Yes, i'm looking for a better future and forgetting about the past
I'm looking for a better future and forgetting about the past
Now i'm so glad that troubles don't always last

Yes, have fun whilst you can 'cos fate's an awful thing
Well, have fun whilst you can 'cos fate's an awful thing
You can't tell what may happen that's the reason i love to sing

There's no doubt about it
A may as well shout about it
I got the blues
I got'em bad

Yes this awful feeling
When you don't have what you thought you had
Oh yesterday, yesterday i sang love songs
But today i got'em bad

Oh, i didn't know she would leave me
I didn't know she was gone
Well, at last she should've told me goodbye people
But she stole away while i was gone
Yes that's what makes me feel so sad people
Oh, and today i got'em bad

Oh, i could tell you much more people
But i think you already how i feel
Oh, i could tell you much, much, much more people
But i think you already how i feel
Yes, you know i'm hurt beyond explaining people
And it's all because i've got a dirty deal

I want to get married
But no woman will hear my plea
I want to get married
But no woman will hear my plea
Yes, it seems somehow
I can't get one to walk downthe aisle with me

Well, i've only been in love
But three times in my life
Yes, the first, i couldn't satisfy her
But i've only been in love three times in my life
Yes, the second one was a juice-head
And the third was another man's wife

Yeah, they say "join the navy
If you really wanna see the world"
Well, but i say "join b.b. king
Baby if you really want to be loved"

Aw, my time is gone
Babe and i really must say goodbye
Aw, my time is gone
Babe and i really must say goodbye
So you women better watch out
I must have that wife before i die

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve

Without saying the word
I'm ready for a party tonight
My fire is on the front burner
Can't you tell by the mood i'm in
You have no need to doubt
Do i have to spell it out
Just read between the lines
Yeah, tonight we're going to unwind

I'll make you see
Baby, we can talk it out
Everything, everything
That i'm thinking about

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
Something up my sleeve

There's a place just for two
And it's just right for me and you
To let our emotions go free
And be what we wanna be
Turn off the lights
Pull out the phone
Do not disturb
Nobody's home

Baby, for so long
I wanted to get next to you
Just let me love you
There's no telling what i may do
'cause -

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
Something up my sleeve

Stay with me, baby
We can work it out
Just let me get next to you
Ain't no telling what i may do

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve, baby
I've got something, baby
Up my sleeve, baby
Give me a chance
I've got something, baby . . .

Did you ever love a woman
And you loved her with all your might
Did you ever love a woman
And you loved her with all your might
Well, and you knew all the time
That the woman wasn't treating you right

You fix her breakfast in the morning
Stay at home everyday
Even wash the dishes
If she has to go away
You send the children to school
Even mend their hose
Stay up all nights with the babies
Even wash their dirty clothes

Did you ever love a woman
And you loved her with all your might
Yes, and you knew all the time
That the woman wasn't treating you right

But when it's time to go to bed
The woman grabs you in her arms
She holds you real tight
She hugs you with all her charms
She calls you a lot of sweet names
Then she turns out the light
She sets your soul on fire
And you say, "baby, everything is all right"

Did you ever love a woman
And you loved her with all your might
Yes, and you knew all the time
That the woman wasn't treating you right

I play the street life
Because there's no place i can go
Street life
And it's the only life i know
Street life
And there's a thoundand parts to play
Street life
Until you play your life away

You let the people see
Just who you want to be
And every night you shine just like a super star
That's how the life is played
A ten cent masquerade
You dress, and walk, and talk you're who you think you are

Street life
You can run away from time
Street life
For a nickel and a dime
Street life
But you better not get old
Street life
Or you're gonna feel the cold

There's always love for sale
A grown-up fairy tale
Prince charming always smiles behind a silver spoon
And if you keep it young
Your song is always sung
Your love will pay your way beneath the silver moon

I've got a sweet little angel
I love the way she spread her wings
Yes got a sweet little angel
I love the way she spread her wings
Yes, when she spreads her wings around me
I get joy, and everything

You know i asked my baby for a nickel
And she gave me a $20 bill
Oh yes, i asked my baby for a nickel
And she gave me a $20 bill
Whoah, you know i ask her to buy a little drink of liquor
And she gave me a whiskey still

Oh, if my baby should quit me
I believe i would die
Oh if my baby should quit me
Lord i do believe i would die
Yes if you don't love me little angel
Please tell me the reason why

I've got to find my baby
I don't know what way to go
Yes, i've got to find my baby
I don't know what way to go
Yes, she don't believe that i love her
I have to find her so i can tell her so

She said that she loved me, people
She didn't want nobody else
Yes, my baby said she loved me, people
She didn't want nobody else
Well, you know i love that woman, people
Better than i do myself

Baby, if you can hear my voice
Please don't run away from me
Baby, if you can hear my voice
Please don't run away from me
'cause i mean every word i say, baby
I just can't hold on another day

Yes, if you love ever strike you, baby
Sit down and write me a line or two
Yes, if you ever, if you ever, if you ever think about me, baby
Sit down and write me a line or two
Yes, i wanna see you so bad now, woman
Babe i don't know what to do

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 and me don't see eye to eye
On every little thing
We've missed a lot of sunshine
And caught a lot of rain
If you want to leave i can't make you stay
But there is something i have to say

No matter how high you get
Or how low you go
There's one thing darling
You ought to know

There's a world full of strangers out there
A world full of strangers
Beware
There's a world full of strangers out there
And if it gets too strange
Just come on home

Restless hearts, looking for a love
Are waiting in the street
They're all prepared to give you
The bitter with the sweet
If you wake someday and you reach for me
Well you know, this is where i'll be

No matter how high you get
Or how low you go
There's one thing darling
You ought to know

There's a world full of strangers out there
A world full of strangers
Beware
There's a world full of strangers out there
And if it gets too strange
Just come on home

I'm not feeling like i usually do
I think it might have something
To do with you
Every time you're near me
My body gets hot
Don't need a doctor
I know what i've got

Caught a touch of your love
It came on overnight
I must have held you too tight
Last night
Caught a touch of your love

Your affection has affected me
I'm feeling kind of dizzy
And weak in the knees
I've been in love before
But never so bad
You're in my system
And it's driving me mad

The fever from your kisses
Tears me apart
It starts from your lips
And goes straight to my heart
No use pretending
'cause baby, i'm sure
There's no cure
And i've just gotta have more

You say you're leaving, you've shattered my dreams
All of our plans dear, forgotten it seems
Yes, it had to happen
I'm not surprised, but i'll, i'll survive

Your friends have shown you a much better way
All of my loving you baby, all of those years, ended today
Yes, you go on darlin'
I'll dry my eyes, but i'll, i'll survive

Go on! may god bless you
It was fun. while it was fun
Baby, i hate to lose you
I say i hate to lose you baby
It's all over! what's done is done

Hey! you go on darlin', seek your fortune and fame
All your good luck or bad luck
Your friends must take the blame
Oh! i can't beg you no more baby
I've got too much pride, but i'll, i'll survive

Oh, go on! may god bless you
Oh, it was fun. while it was fun
Oh baby, i hate to lose you
I say i hate to lose you baby
It's all over! what's done is done

Hey! you go on baby, seek your fortune and fame
All your good good luck or bad luck
Friends must take the blame
Oh! i can't beg you no more
I've got too much pride, but i'll, i'll survive

Oh! i'll, i'll survive
Baby, i'll survive

No one ever tells you
What it's like to love and lose
How it feels to waken
And have breakfast with the blues
How to go on living
How to face another day
No, no one ever tells you the way

No one ever tells you
How it feels to walk alone
Listening for those footsteps
Through the echo of your own
Suddenly it hits you
All those dreams weren't worth a dime
'cause no one ever tells you in time

Long before
The icy winds of winter
Autumn tells the swallows
Time to fly
So why do we pretend
Till the bitter end
Till it breaks our hearts
To say good-bye
Well -

No one ever tells you
That it's just another fling
No one ever warns you
When your heart begins to sing
Someone tells you later
All is fair in love and war
But no one ever tells you before

Long before
Our love boat's torn asunder
We can hear the thunder
Of the falls
So why do we go on
Sailing madly on
Till all we had is gone
Beyond recall
Beyond recall

No one ever tells you
That it's just another fling
No one ever warns you
When your heart begins to sing
Someone tells you later
All is fair in love and war
But no one ever tells you before

It never comes easy
'cause no one
No one, no one
Ever tells you
Tells you
No one ever tells you before
No one ever tells you before

One hand will take, one hand will give
That's all we know and that is how we live
One day hello, next day goodbye
And everyone just stay high

Same old story, same old song
Goes all right till it goes all wrong
Now you're going, then you're gone
Same old story, same old song

One builds you up, one tears you down
To some you're a saint, to others you're a clown
What can you do, just see it through
And hold on to what is left to you

Same old story, same old song
Goes all right till it goes all wrong
Now you're going, then you're gone
Same old story, same old song

Hey baby, you ain't treating me right
You go off everyday and don't come home til night
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

Well i'm pickin' you up and takin' you to my house
Now you're up and you're treating me like a mouse
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

Well i takin' you into my house and did everything i could
You told everybody in the neighborhood
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

Well if you got a little woman and she won't treat you right
Beat her three times a day and whoop her a little at night
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

I got a whole lot of lovin'
Baby just waiting for you
I got a whole lot of lovin'
Baby just waiting for you
And the way i could love you woman
Honey i know you could love me too

Oh you're so good lookin' baby
And you build up from the ground
Well you're so good lookin' baby
And you build up from the ground
Every time i see you baby
My love starts tumbling down

Yeah, you're just my type baby
Just my height and size
Said you're just my type baby
You're just my height and size
And the reason i love you
Because you've got those little dreamy eyes

Well, i wanna tell the story about a hard luck guy
Nobody seems to love me, i guess that's the reason why

Just dreams, dreams all night long and through the day
Yes, and it's so sad, oh, to break my heart this way

Yes, i'm not handsome or romantic, i don't have wavy hair
Won't you girls please have mercy
The way you treat me ain't fair

Why does bad luck follow me
Oh, dreams, seems that's all that's left for me

Well, i just can't get no place with a doggone thing i plan
Every girl i try my luck on belongs to some other man
Where, where, where is the one i'm dreaming of
All gone, gone with last night's dreams of love

Yes, last night as i lay sleepin', i dreamed about a queen
And it hurt me so bad, people
To wake up and find out it was just a dream

Dream, dream is all i can do
Oh, i'm so tired dreamin' dreams, dreams
That won't come true

Sugar mama sugar mama
Sugar mama please come on back to me
Sugar mama sugar mama
Sugar mama please come on back to me
Yes, bring me back my sugar, baby
Please ease my misery

Yes, i'm crazy about my sugar sugar mama
Ain't nobody else got but you
Yes, i'm crazy about my sugar sugar mama
Ain't no-one else got but you
Well, you got that granulate sugar sugar mama
You done made me love you too

Yes, they braggin' about your sugar sugar
Baby they been braggin' about it all over town mama
Yes, they braggin' about your sugar baby
They been braggin' about it all over town
Well, the bootleggers want to buy it to make liquor baby
But you don't want to sell them about four or five pounds

Yes i'm crazy about my coffee sweet in the morning
Same thing with my tea at night
I love my coffee sweet in the morning baby
Same thing with my tea at night
Well, if i don't get my sugar three times a day
Oh yes, i don't feel right