Lyrics Million Year Blues - Original - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson

Million Year Blues - Original

Million Year Blues Track #18 3:02
Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson)
John Lee Williamson — vocal and harmonica
Chicago July 2, 1941
with Blind John Davis — piano, Ransom Knowling — bass
Album: 'Sugar Mama'
The Essential Recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson
Indigo Recording Ltd IGOCD 2014
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com
(harmonica intro)
Inez, my heart get to beatin’like a hammer
And my eyes gets a-full of tears
Inez, my heart get to beatin’like a hammer
And my eyes gets a-full of tears, now
You only been gone twenty-four hours
But it seem like a million years
Inez, If I ever mistreat you, mm God knows I don’t mean no harm
Inez, If I ever mistreat you, mm God knows, I don’t mean no harm, no Because I ain’t nothin’but a little country boy
And I’m a-right down over the cotton farm, now
Inez, I don’t believe you think I’m nothin'
You don’t believe, I think I’m nothin’but a clown, now
Inez, I don’t believe you think I’m nothin'
You don’t think I’m nothin’but a little clown
Now, an’I was lookin’for you last night
An’you was way on the other side of town, now
(harmonica)
Play for me, ya’all know how it feels, don’t ya Although I know you love me Inez, I know that’s the reason, I keep on hangin’around
Although I know you love me, now
Inez, I know that’s the reason, I keep on a hangin’around, now
Now, but now sooner when I get me some money
I’m gonna leave your bad luck town, now.