Blue And Evil Blues - Lyrics - Tampa Red

Blue And Evil Blues Trk 9 3:04 Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) RCA Studio A Chicago, Ill. Aug. 5, 1936 Tampa Red- vocal & piano, Arnet Nelson - clarinet Willie Bee James - guitar Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938 2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG I feel so blue this evening I'm evil as I can be I feel so blue this evening I'm evil as I can be Well, I'm alone, need back my lover And it's 'bout to make a wreck of me I used to read her letters But I just could not read her mind Used to read her letters But I just could not read her mind Well, she had me thinkin' that she loved me But she was leaving all the time Since she went and left me I drink, drink all the time Since she went and left me I drink, drink all the time Well, I'm not drinkin' because I want it I drinkin' to ease my evil mind Sometime I get to drinkin' And-a thinkin' to myself I'd rather see her dead, buddy Then to see her with somebody else Sometime I get to drinkin', ooo-ooo An thinkin' to myself Yes, I'd rather see her dead Then to see her with somebody else If I find her I'm gonna beat her I'm gon' kick and bite her, too Gon' take my German Lugar An shoot her through and through If I find her I'm gonna beat her, woo-ooo Gon' kick and bite her, too Yes, I'm gon' take my German Lugar An gonna shoot her through and through. ~