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Mama, Don't You Ever Leave

2012

Lyrics

Mama don't you ever leave
there's nowhere else baby for you to be
So stay at home with me
Turn out the lights and lay me down to sleep

Mama don't you ever leave
You've got no good reason that I can see
So head on up the stairs
I've been on my own and lord knows it ain't fair

I locked the door, I turned the key
I got you honey and I won't leave
Baby there's just no leaving me

Mama won't you please believe me
I've got no aces up my sleeve
There ain't nobody else
So would you come on in I'm laying all by myself

I locked the door, I turned the key
I got you honey and I won't leave
Baby there's just no leaving me

Mama don't you ever leave
there's nowhere else baby for you to be
You hear me cry and moan
Why you left me on my own I'll never know

Notes

This song has rarely been performed live. I tried to write an upbeat and somewhat stereotypical pop blues song using the RL Burnside guitar technique, but moving through chords in a more typical way than the Hill Country blues style. The lyrics might be considered a little controversial these days, with the suggestion that I am keeping my woman locked at home against her will, but I swear it’s meant with a playful tone and not a menacing one. 😇

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