I'm Leaving

by Jimmy Reed recording of 19 from Jimmy Reed Is Back (Collectables 5436) I'm leavin', mama cryin' won't make me stay I'm leavin', your cryin' won't make me stay You should have thought when you were doin' these things, one day you would had-a pay I'm sittin' around cryin', honey, cryin' my heart out I'm sittin' around here, baby, woman, cryin' my heart out Though I'm just a country boy, woman, I don't know what it's all about That's why I'm leavin', the cryin' won't make me stay That's why I'm leavin', woman, the cryin' won't make me stay You should have thought when you were doin' these thing, one day you would had-a pay

 

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