I Ain't Got You (version 1)

by Clarence Carter recording of 1955 from The Best of Jimmy Reed (GNP GNPD-2-10006) I got a Eldorado Cadillac Wit's a spare tire on the back I got the charge account at Goldblatt But I ain't got you I got a tavern and a package store Don't matter where I go You keep the ring in my nose But I ain't got you I got a tavern an'a package store hit the numbers , four-forty four I got a mojo and don't you know? I'm all dressed up, no place to go I got a-women to the right of me I got a-women to the left of me I got a-womens all around me But I ain't got you I got a-women on the right of me I got a-women to the left of me I got a-women all around me But I ain't got you But I ain't got you But I ain't got you But I ain't got you

 

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