I am lonesome, gee, I am blue;
I'm dissatisfied;
If you leave me, what must I do?
Tell me why you lied!
After all I've been to you
Please don't go away;
Someday you will feel this way,
too,
Mark these words I say:
You'll want me back when I won't
want you;
You'll miss my hugs and these sweet
kisses, too;
I never thought you would treat
me this way;
You may go now, but you'll be sorry
someday!
You'll want me back just as sure
as fate,
You'll miss me when it's too late,
But when you return, I will have
someone new;
You'll want me back when I won't
want you!
Oh, you'll want me back when I won't
want you;
You'll soon find out what I say
is true;
Why did you make me leave my old
home town?
Now you found someone new and don't
want me around!
You'll want me back and it won't
be so long,
I know you'll think of me when
things start to go wrong,
But you go your way, from now on,
I am through!
You'll want me back when I really
won't want you!
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Jazz and Blues Lyrics Page.
Published 3/6/00.
Ethel Waters starred in both the stage and film version of Cabin in the Sky. The movie also starred Lena Horne and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had minor roles. Waters commented in her remarkable autobiography, His Eye is on the Sparrow, that she didn't enjoy making the movie -- too much behind-the-scenes back-biting.
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