Who were gamblin' in the dark It was Stagger Lee and Billy Two men who gambled late Stagger Lee threw a seven Billy swore that he threw eight Stagger Lee
Come, let me hold you for awhile All you have to do is smile and I'm yours again I may not like some things you do But they're all a part of you and you
I would pick and we would sing to the rhythm of that front porch swing The moonlight holds the spotlight that we shared I found new notes on that old
Let me see you go back (Who is the L I Y A H?) Let me see you come forth Now let me see you go back (Who is the L I Y A H?) Let me see you come forth
My heart says we've got something real Can I trust the way I feel ?Cuz my heart's been through it before Am I'm just seeing what I want to see Or is it
's so strange, I hear her singing my name, Vera Lee is haunting my brain. I hear her in the rain! (Vera Lee haunting me, here with me, Vera Lee, watching
No food on my table. And no shoes to go on my feet. No food on my table. And no shoes to go on my feet. My children cry for mercy. They got no place to
Lucille, ya don't do your sister's will Well, Lucille, ya don't do your sister's will You ran off and marry but I love you still Lucille, baby, satisfy
Says huckle up, baby Says huckle up, baby Just huckle up, baby Huckle up all day long They gotta let me ride Gotta let me go Gotta let me live Gotta
You talk too much, baby You talk too much You talk too much, baby You talk too much You yak, yak, yak You yak too much You talk in the mornin' You talk
I don't want no woman Playin' the races all the time I don't want no woman Playin' the races all the time You know she ain't good for nothin' She's too
I love the way you walk I love the way you walk I'm crazy 'bout your walk I love the way you walk You my babe, I got my eyes on you I like the way you
You know I'm goin' to the welfare Ask them can they help me some? You know I'm goin' to the welfare Lord, Lord, Lord Ask them can they help me some?
It serves me right to suffer It serves me right to be alone It serves me right to suffer, suffer It serves me right to be alone, alone Because the life
How long, how long, baby Must I live on and be your slave? How long, how long, baby Must I live on and be your slave? Yeah, you don't do nothin', baby
Well I'm sailin', sailin' Like a sail boat on the sea Well I'm sailin', sailin' Like a sail boat on the sea Well I'm just sailin', sailin' People, from
Look at here now, man I done told you one time I ain't gonna tell you no more Leave my wife alone, I take you in And you wore my cloth You spend my money
(Spoken Hey It's the house rent boogie) I come home last Friday, talk to the woman that I lost my job She says don't confront me an' so I have my rent