| You know my baby told me not so very long ago
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| He said, «I don’t love you, baby
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| And you got to, you got to let me go»
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| And that was too much, too much for me
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| That’s why I walked the backstreets and cry
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| You know it hurts me so bad
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| To hear my baby say
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| Hear my baby say goodbye
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| He said another reason that makes me wanna leave
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| You ain’t got enough of nothin' to keep me, keep me
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| That was too much, oh, too much for me
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| That’s why I walked the backstreets, the backstreet and cry
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| Oh yeah
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| Oh, it hurts me, it hurts me so bad
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| Oh, to hear my baby
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| Hear my baby say goodbye
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| He said, «You're a good woman, Etta
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| To treat me like you do»
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| He said, «You ain’t done nothin' to me
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| I just can’t stay here with you»
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| I stood and watch my baby as far as I could see
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| You know the men started runnin'
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| After waiving, waiving goodbye to me
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| That was too much, too much for me
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| That’s why I walked the backstreets and cry
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| Oh yeah
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| You know it hurts me, it hurts me so bad
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| Oh, to hear my baby
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| Hear my baby say goodbye
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| Hear and say goodbye
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| You know it hurts me so bad
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| To hear my baby say goodbye
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| That’s why I walked the backstreets
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| The backstreets and cry
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| Oh, I said it hurts me, it hurts me so bad
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| Hear my baby say, so long
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| Oh, it hurts me, hurts me, hurts me so bad
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| Hear my baby say, hear my baby say goodbye
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| Oh baby, oh, oh, it hurts me so bad
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| Hear my baby say goodbye
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| That why I walked the backstreets
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| That why I walked the backstreets and cry
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| Oh, that why I walked the backstreets and cry
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| Cry, cry |