Somebody's Got To Go (1941)

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Lonnie Johnson

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos. Johnson was not only one of the few black blues musicians invited to be 'guest featured' on a number of jazz recording sessions, he was also one of the only classic 1920's blues artists to have a revived a high-charting career after WWII. more »

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Night and day I been drinkin', tryin' to get you off my mind.
Night and day I been drinkin', tryin' to get you off my mind.
Now you know I love you.  That is why you treat me so unkind.

Now my breads it was stole, and my coffee's gettin' cold.
I hear my mother sayin', she'll get my father's gold.
She says, Ooh-wee, Daddy, somebody is got to go.
I'm tired of you stayin' out night and day. Somebody ‘s got to go.

Now you told me that you love me, when you laid down across my bed.
You was pullin' your “odds up, bein' harmful,” and talkin' out your head.
			
I said, Ooh-wee, somebody ‘s got to go.
I just can't get along with you baby.  Somebody ‘s got to go.

Now you told me that you love me baby, I know your love ain't true.
‘Cause how can you love me baby, and love my best friend too?
Ooh-wee, baby somebody ‘s got to go.
I just can't stand your jivin' no longer.  Somebody's got to go.

Now I went home yesterday mornin', just about the break of day.
I peep through the keyhole and somebody's layin'on the pillow where I'm supposed to lay.
I says, Ooh-wee, you know somebody is booked to go.
I can't stand that pressure no longer.  Jack somebody ‘s got to go.

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