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Somebody Have Mercy (Live at the Harlem Square Club, Miami, FL - January 1963)
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Sam Cooke
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Ayy, fellas that make me feel good, just put it right there Yeah Somebody have mercy, tell me what is wrong with me Oh, help me right now, ha Somebody have mercy, baby, I wanna know what is wrong with me Oh, yeah Sometimes I don't know how I stand the things that woman do to me Let me say it one more time Somebody have mercy, I wanna know what is wrong with me I don't know what it is, baby, but I feel good Somebody have mercy, I wanna know what is wrong with me Oh, yeah Sometimes I don't know how I stand the things that woman do to me But let mе tell you what I'm gonna do I'm going down to the bus station, baby, with a, a suitcase in my hand Can you imaginе me carrying one of them suitcases, honey? I'm going down to the bus station, baby, with a, a suitcase in my hand Oh, yes, I am I'ma grab me an armful of Greyhound and ride just as far as I can Now, come on, blow that thing for me now Yeah, yeah Let me tell you what I'm doing, baby Listen to me right now I'm standing here wondering, baby, will a, ha-ha, a matchbox hold my clothes? Oh, yes, I am I said, I'm standing here wondering, baby, will a, a cotton picking matchbox hold my clothes? Oh, yes, I am I got such a long way to get there and such a short time to go Oh, do it one more time Oh, yeah Ha-ha Yeah, yeah, yeah Lord have mercy on me right now Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Lord have mercy on me right now Oh, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Let me tell 'em one more time Oh Somebody, somebody, somebody somewhere Somebody somewhere Somebody, somebody have mercy, I wanna know what is wrong with me It ain't that leukemia, that ain't it Sometimes I don't know how I— ha-ha-ha Oh, yeah Let me do that one more time Oh Somebody somewhere Somebody somewhere Somebody somewhere Some, some, somebody, somebody Somebody have mercy, tell me what is wrong with me Ha, oh, yeah Sometimes I don't know how I stand the things that woman do to me Yeah, somebody, huh Somebody, ha Somebody have mercy on me Somebody have mercy on me Somebody have mercy on me right now Begin to feel alright now Lord have mercy I said, I begin to feel alright now I feel I can tell you about my baby right now Ha-ha I said, I feel you in a mood for me to tell you about my baby right now Sometimes, me and my baby, we fuss and fight And my baby leave home 'cause things ain't right Ha-ha Oh, but I get the feeling so all alone And I call my baby on the telephone I finally get somebody on the telephone And I say, "Who is this?" Somebody said, "This is the operator" I say, "I don't want you, operator, I want my baby" Oh, operator, I want my baby, ha And finally, the operator get my baby on the telephone And soon in a minute I hear my baby say, "Hello" Something start to move down inside me, ha Now say, "I got a message for you, honey" I wanna tell you that, darling, you Oh, you sent me That's what I wanna tell you, baby Oh, you Oh, you sent me Oh, you Oh, you sent me Oh, now listen, ha-ha-ha Oh, ha-ha Oh Honest, you do I tell her, "Listen here, baby"
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