I'll Die Tryin' Lyrics

J.B. Lenoir, vocal & guitar; Sunnyland Slim, piano; unknown bass;
Alfred Wallace, drums. Chicago, late 1952

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.