Kindhearted Woman Blues (Take 2)
Johnson, Robert
I got a kindhearted mama, do anything in this world for me
I got a kindhearted mama, do anything in this world for me
But these evil-hearted women, man, they will not let me be
I love my baby, my baby don't love me
I love my baby, ooooh, my baby don't love me
I really love that woman, can't stand to leave her be
Now there ain't but the one thing, makes Mister Johnson drink1
I get's worried2 about how you treat me, baby, I begin to think
Oh babe, my life don't feel the same
You breaks my heart, when you call Mister So-and-So's name
She's a kindhearted mama, she studies evil all the time
She's a kindhearted woman, but she studies evil all the time
You well's3 to kill me, as to have it on your mind
Some day, some day, I would shake your hand goodbye
Some day, some day, I would shake your hand goodbye
I can't give you anymore of my lovin', 'cause I just ain't satisfied
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1) alternatively "dream" instead of "drink"
2) alternatively "I's worried" instead of "I get's worried"
3) a dialectic contraction of "had just as well", still in common usage
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