Leavin' This Morning

by Odetta

From the album: Odetta at Carnegie Hall

Track 6 of 12 on Odetta at Carnegie Hall (1960).

Duration: 2:47

Odetta at Carnegie Hall cover art

Lyrics for Leavin' This Morning

See me reelin' this rockin', drunk as I can be man I love tryin' to make a fool out of me I'm leaving this morning, I'm leaving this morning, I'm leaving, tryin' to find a man of my own. When I get through drinking, gon' buy a Gatlin gun find my man, he better hitch up and run well I'm leaving this morning, I'm leaving this morning I'm going to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home. I give him all my money, treat him nice as I can he got another woman, wait till I find my man Lord, I'm leaving this morning, I'm leaving this morning I'm leaving, trying to find a man of my own I went up Eighteenth Street, found out where the other woman stayed change my man of his triflin' ways I'm leaving this morning, I'm leaving this morning. I'm leaving, trying to find a man of my own. I walked down the street, didn't have on no hat asking everybody I meet where my sweet babe is at I'm leaving this morning, I'm leaving this morning I'm going to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home.

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More from Odetta at Carnegie Hall

  1. Hard, Oh Lord
  2. Believe I'll Go
  3. Oh, Papa
  4. How Long Blues
  5. Hogan's Alley
  6. Leavin' This Morning
  7. Oh, My Babe
  8. Yonder Come The Blues
  9. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
  10. Weeping Willow Blues
  11. Go Down Sunshine
  12. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out