(First release—Jesse Fuller)
Well I don`t know why I love you like I do
Nobody in the world can get along with you.
You got the ways of a devil sleeping in a lion`s den
I come home last night you wouldn`t even let me in.
Well sometimes you`re as sweet as anybody want to be
When you get a crazy notion of jumpin` all over me
Well you give me the blues I guess you`re satisfied
An` you give me the blues I wanna lay down and die.
I helped you when you had no shoes on your feet, pretty mama
I helped you when you had no food to eat.
You`re the kind of woman I just don`t understand
You`re takin` all my money and give it to another man.
Well you`re the kinda woman makes a man lose his brain
You`re the kinda woman drives a man insane
You give me the blues, I guess you`re satisfied
You give me the blues, I wanna lay down and die
Well you give me the blues, I wanna lay down and die