You Never Can Tell

by Blind Boy Fuller recording of July 12 1937, New York from Death Valley (Oldie Blues OL 2809) & Truckin' My Blues Away (Yazoo 1060) & Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1936-1937) (Document DOCD-5092) & Down Home (Collector's Edition 9) Say you can't never tell, what's on these women's mind Say you can't never tell, what's on these women's mind Hey, she may be huggin' and kissin' you, and quittin' you all the time Say I went home this mornin', twixt 9.30 and 10 Hey, hey, twixt 9.30 and 10 Hey I met that woman's second man, right, right back in my den So she's a dirty mistreater, and she drove me from her door She's a dirty mistreater, she drove me from her door Hey the good book says mama, you gotta reap just what you sow Say some women is just like a dollar, dollar go from hand to hand Say some women is just like a dollar, dollar go from hand to hand Hey some of these lowdown women, they just run from man to man Now you know my woman says she loves me, she been lovin' me all her life Say my woman says she loves me, she been lovin' me all her life Hey she met a second man on that corner, she told him that same lie twice Created by: Bluesman Harry Page last updated on: May 28 2000

 

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