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My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
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My mama done tol' me, " Son a woman'll sweet talk"
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And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
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A woman's a two-face
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A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night
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"Whooee!" (My mama done tol' me)
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Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle
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"Whooee!" (My mama done tol' me)
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Back th' blues in the night
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The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
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And the moon'll hide its light
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When you get the blues in the night
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Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
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The saddest kind o' song,
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He knows things are wrong, and he's right
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From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe
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Wherever the four winds blow
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I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk
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But there is one thing I know
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A woman's a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya
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To sing the blues in the night
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My mama was right, there's blues in the night
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A man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya
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To sing the blues in the night
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My mama was right, there's blues in the night