Tampa Red

Ain't it lonesome when the one you love is gone? Ain't it lonesome when the one you love is gone?

I been down and I ain't through I see you can't take it Tryin' to love and baby, you I see

I wake up every mornin' with the risin' sun Thinkin' of my baby and all the good she's done

Oh, hush, look and listen That witchin' hour's here again Oh, hush look and listen That

I'm so disappointed, baby in you For I once thought your little heart was true But when I asked you for

I've given up a palace, a town and everything But long as you're mine, I'll gladly bear the blame

When bad luck is on you You'll have tough breaks all the time When bad luck is on you You have

You stole my heart, my dear Look what you done with it You made a wreck of it, sweetheart You got

She said it and she meant it too I never knew a thing she said to be untrue She told me that she never had a

I'm goin' away, baby But maybe not to stay But I won't be back Until you change your way

I got the sweetest gal in town She push me up, she pull me down And I can't get enough of that

I got a letter, this is the way it read I got a letter, this is the way it read It says, hurry home Tampa

Yeah man, make a plan Everybody, let's get started Get that Harlem swing Every man, in the

When this world is so crooked I just don't know what to do When this world is so crooked I just

My baby's gone, won't be back no more She won't be back no more My baby's gone, she