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Blues Lyrics - Jimmy Reed
Take Out Some Insurance
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by
Jimmy Reed
recording of 1961
from
Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (Suite Beat 3001)
If you leave me, baby, say you won't be back
That would be the end of me, 'cause I'd have a heart attack
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right off and die
Darlin', how I love you, long as I got breath
If we part, I know sweetheart, it would worry me to death
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right off and die
Don't get no sick and accident, 'cause I'm healthy as can be
Now, if ya got any sense, you'd take the hint and get a Penn Life
, on me
You don't know me, baby, like I know myself,
I couldn't live if you should give your love to someone else
Better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right off and die
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Note 1: Penn Life, as in William Penn, was one of those popular insurance companies in the fifties, when this song was written. Thanks to
Frederick Liebes
for the lyrics correction and additional info!.
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