Eric Clapton Album

I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes
I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes
It was a miserable feeling, now babe, a feeling I do despise

I have to leave, leave you baby, because you know you done me wrong
I have to leave you baby, because you know you done me wrong
I'm gonna pack up and leave you darling and break up my happy home

I have to leave, leave you baby, I'm gonna leave you all alone
I'm gonna leave you baby, I'm gonna leave you all alone
I'm gonna pack up and leave you darling because you know you done me wrong

Well now goodbye, goodbye baby, I'll see you on some rainy day
Well now goodbye baby, I'll see you on some rainy day
You can go ahead now little darling, 'cause I want you to have your way

Got me accused of peeping, I can't see a thing
Got me accused of petting, I can't even raise my hand

Bad luck, bad luck is killing me
Well I just can't stand no more of this third degree

Got me accused of murder, I ain't harmed a man
Got me accused of forgery, I can't even write my name

Bad luck, bad luck is killing me
Well I just can't stand no more of this third degree

Got me accused of taxes, I ain't got a dime
Got me accused of children, and ain't nary one of them was mine

Bad luck, bad luck is killing me
Well I just can't stand no more of this third degree

So long, oh I hate to see you go
So long, oh I hate to see you go
And the way that I will miss you, I guess you will never know

We've been together so long to have to separate this way
We've been together so long to have to separate this way
I'm gonna let you go ahead on now baby, pray that you'll come back home someday

You said you once had loved me, but now I guess you've changed your mind
You said you once had loved me, but now I guess you've changed your mind
Why don't you reconsider baby? Give yourself just a little more time

Gypsy woman told my mother 'fore I was born
You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun
Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout
And then the world wanna know what this all about

But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here

I got the black cat bone and I got a mojo tooth
I got the John the Conquerer Root, gonna mess with you
I'm gonna make you girls lead me by my hand
And then the world will know the hoochie coochie man

But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here

On the seventh hour, on the seventh day
On the seventh month, seven doctors say
"He was born for good luck, that you'll see"
I got seven hundred dollars; don't you mess with me!

But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here

Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about
Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out

I got a job in a steel mill, shucking steel like a slave
Five long years, every Friday I come straight back home with all my pay
Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out

I finally learned my lesson, should a long time ago
The next woman that I marry, she gonna work and bring me the dough
Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve
She had the nerve
She had the nerve
She had the nerve to put me out

I’m tore down, I’m almost level with the ground.
I’m tore down, I’m almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby can’t be found.

I went to the river to jump in.
My baby showed up and said, "i will tell you when."

Well, I’m tore down, I’m almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby can’t be found.

I love you babe with all my heart and soul;
Love like mine will never grow old.
Love you in the morning and in the evening too.
Every time you leave me I get mad with you.

Chorus

I love you baby with all my might;
Love like mine is out of sight.
I’ll lie for you if you want me to.
I really don’t believe that your love is true.

Chorus

I’m tore down, I’m almost level with the ground.
Well, I’m tore down, I’m almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby can’t be found.

How long, baby how long
Has that evening train been gone?
How long, how how long, baby how long?

Went to the station, didn't see no train
Down in my heart, I have an aching pain
How long, how how long, baby how long?

I feel disgusted, I feel so bad
Thinking 'bout the good time that I once had had
How long, how how long, baby how long?

I could see the green grass growing on the hill;
I ain't seen no greenback on a dollar bill
How long, how how long, baby how long?

You're gonna be sorry you feel so blue
When you want me, baby, I declare I want, want you
How long, how how long, baby how long?

Don't have no money for to ride the train
I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again
How long, how how long, baby how long?

How long, baby how long
Must I keep my, my watching point?
How long, how how long, baby how long?

Lord, I'm going away just to wear you off my mind
Lord, I'm going away just to wear you off my mind
Well you keep me worrying 'bout it all the time

Well, I ain't been loved but four womens in my life
Well, I ain't ever loved but four womens in my life
Well, my mother and my sister, sweetheart and my wife

If you don't want me baby, please don't call me 'round
If you don't want me baby, please don't call me 'round
Well, just like you found me, you can put me down

Well now goodbye baby, if you call at home
Well now goodbye baby, if you call at home
You can go away; swear you won't stay long

Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home
Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home
Had the blues so bad, blues followed me all day long

Blues, blues won't let me take my rest
Blues, blues won't let me take my rest
My mind is rambling like a wild geese out in the west

Well, you're my all day steady, baby you're my midnight dream
Yes, you're my all day steady, baby you're my midnight dream
I love that woman better than anyone I've ever seen

Blues, blues follow me all day long
Blues, blues follow me all day long
Blues, blues won't you please leave me alone

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Well if I've done somebody wrong, Lord, have mercy if you please

I used to have plenty of money, the finest clothes in town
But bad luck and trouble overtaken me, bound to get me down
Please have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Well if I've done somebody wrong, Lord, have mercy if you please

Keep on working now, child
Lord every morning

Well if I've been a bad boy, baby, I declare I'll change my ways
I don't want bad luck and trouble to follow me all my days
Please have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Well if I've done somebody wrong, Lord, have mercy if you please

If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm
If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm
Well, I'm a motherless child; I don't know right from wrong

Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?
Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?
Well, you didn't come home 'till the sun was shining bright

I had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled
Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled
Well, he's had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones burn

Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done
Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done
Well, I give you my jewelry, he ain't give you none

And when you see two women, always running hand in hand
When you see two women, always running hand in hand
You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man

Lord, I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair
I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair
And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here

You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind
And the man you love, he hurts you all the time
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

You love him more when you should love him less
I pick up behind him and take his mess
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

He love another woman and I love you
But you love him and stick to him like glue
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

Now you better leave him; he better put you down
Oh, I won't stand to see you pushed around
When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too

I've got to ride that lonesome train
My heart is heavy with aches and pain
I said but someday, someday baby
After a while, you will be sorry

Every day my clouds are grey;
It takes you to roll all those clouds away
I said but someday, someday baby
After a while, you will be sorry

Trouble, trouble, trouble on my mind
Trouble, trouble, way down the line
I don't need, I don't need no sympathy
So babe, babe, don't you, don't you pity me

I may be blue, but I don't mind
Because I know way down the line
I said someday, someday baby
After a while, you will be sorry

Oh baby, look how you got me standin' 'round crying
Oh baby, look how you got me standin' 'round crying
Lord I love you little girl, you're always resting on my mind

Oh baby, I ain't gonna be riding you 'round in my automobile
Oh baby, I ain't gonna be riding you 'round in my automobile
You got so many men, I'm afraid you may get me killed

Oh baby, you ain't nothing like you used to be. (No, don't get me killed, honey!)
Oh baby, you ain't nothing like you used to be. (Oh man, leave that woman alone!)
When I was deep in love with you, little girl
You were just sweet as an apple on a tree

I'm drifting and drifting,
Just like a ship out on the sea.
I'm drifting and drifting,
Just like a ship out on the sea.
Well I ain't got nobody
In this world to care for me.

If my baby
Would only take me back again.
If my baby
Would only take me back again.
I would feel much better, darling,
And at least I'd have a friend.

I give you all my money,
Tell me what more can I do.
I give you all my money,
Tell me what more can I do.
You is a sweet little girl
But I swear you won't be true.

I'm drifting and drifting,
Just like a ship out on the sea.
I'm drifting and drifting,
Just like a ship out on the sea.
Because I ain't got nobody
In this world to care for me.

I'm so tired of moaning, trying to groan away my blues
I'm so tired of moaning, trying to groan away my blues
I keep weeping and crying every time I think of you

I would rather die of starvation, perish out in the desert sun
I would rather die of starvation, perish out in the desert sun
Than to think of some other man holding you in his arms

My heart gets so heavy, Lord I shakes down in my bones
My heart gets so heavy, Lord I shakes down in my bones
I can't hurt a murderer, oh Lord, but I'm forced to weep and moan