My Mind Is Trying To Leave Me
by 
Albert Collins 
recording of 1983 
from 
Don't Lose Your Cool (Alligator ALCD-4730) 
I went to breakfast this mo'nin, down to the corner bar 
I thought I heard my baby call my name, an' it came from so far 
I started runnin' an' answerin', like a crazy fool would do 
Aha, ya' see, my woman gone away an' left me 
An' now my mind is tryin' to leave me too 
Now my friend stepped out the bar 
An' stopped me an' offered me a drink 
I went in an' had a double 
An' I began to think about my baby 
Aha, like a crazy fool would do 
You see, my woman gone away an' left me 
An' now my mind is tryin' to leave me too 
Oh! 
Ha-ah, I went into the barber shop an' ordered ham an' eggs 
An' each barber gave me fifty cent 
They thought I was tryin' to beg 
An' I started cryin' like a baby (like a baby, ha) 
Like any fool would do 
You see my woman gone away an' left me 
An' now my mind is tryin' to leave me too