I'Ll Die Tryin' (Late 52) - J.B. Lenoir, Lenoir

You ready?

Master number one-o-ten,

take one.

If I don’t get you, I will lose my life, a-trying,

If 1 don’t get you, I will lose my life,

oh, trying;

I can’t sleep at night for you resting

on my mind.

My mother told me, love will cause death,

My mother told me, love will cause death;

I’m in love with you, woman,

and I just can’t help myself.

I be’s down now, woman,

but I won’t be down alway, s

I be’s down now, woman,

but I won’t be down alway;

The sun is gonna shine in my back door

someday.

I went to the station with my ticket

in my hand.

I went to the station with my ticket

in my hand;

if I don’t get you.

girl, I got to leave this land.