It's My Own Fault
by 
John Lee Hooker 
recording of 1965 
from 
Live at the Regal (MCA 11646) 
It's my own fault, baby 
Treat me the way you wanna do 
It's my own fault, baby 
Treat me the way you wanna do 
Yes when you were loving me, baby (woman) 
At that time, little girl, I didn't love you 
She used to make her own pay checks 
And bring them all home to me 
I would go out on the hillside, you know 
And make every woman look I see 
It's my own fault, baby 
Treat me the way you wanna do 
Yes when you were loving me, baby (woman) 
At that time, little girl, I didn't love you 
She said she was gonna leave me 
She'd been running around with the boys 
She said she was gonna leave me 
Gonna be over in Illinois 
It's my own fault, baby 
Treat me the way you wanna do 
Yes when you were loving me, baby (woman) 
At that time, little girl, I didn't love you