Get off My Toe

by Lightnin' Hopkins

From the album: Autobiography in Blues

Track 7 of 12 on Autobiography in Blues (1960).

Duration: 4:59

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Lyrics for Get off My Toe

Get off my toe, get off my toe, man I said get off my toe What's the matter with you? You can't see where you're going? You must be drunk or something Just standin' all over me like that I got drunk last night And I didn't know the way back home I got drunk last night And I didn't know the way back home You know I wanna do right When my whiskey kept a-leadin' me wrong Don't get on my toe, man What's the matter with you? I told you to get back I'm tryin' to play this song Yeah, when a man gets drunk No, he don't know what he's doin' Yes, when a man gets drunk You know he don't know what he's doin' Yes, he's just like buttermilk When he's been churned in a churn Whole lot we got to learn Move back I told you to get off my toe, fella Now you standin' right now Stand over there, now don't come back up here Wonder what make a man get drunk? Oh Lord, it's one o'clock hour night Wonder what make a man get drunk? Boy, it's that one o'clock hour night Yeah, you know the policeman's ridin' Pick him up 'cause he said that ain't right Yeah, yeah You know I ain't gonna get drunk no more soon But I did accidentally got drunk this evenin' in the afternoon Yeah, and Mama told me Son, you gettin' drunk too many days But I couldn't hear it I just drank my stuff and get drunk if I wanna Yeah, and Mama told me Son, you're gettin' drunk too many days I said Mama, don't be, I'll be satisfied 'Til the policeman take me away You know I just felt good Play that, my son See, it's kinda hard when you get drunk And can't hardly tell what you're doin' And whenever you come out like buttermilk When you come out that churn Lord have mercy That's a story that I'm gonna tell you And that's something that you better learn You know I went to church last night And they called on poor Lightnin' to preach Yeah, I went to church last night And they called on poor Lightnin' to preach I said I ain't got time, Galveston beach is open now I'm goin' down on to Galveston beach Lord have mercy

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