This slow but soulful blues tune recorded by such artists as Nina Simone, The Animals, and British band Amen Corner is one of our new favorite old songs after hearing it again from Andy Fairweather Low and Eric Clapton at this month’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.
“Stay away from me, yea,
‘cuz I’m in my sin.
Stay away everybody
‘cuz I’m in my sin.
If this joint is raided,
somebody give me some gin.
Lord, I don’t want no clothes,
I don’t even want no bed,
for to lay my head.
I don’t want no clothes,
I don’t even want no bed,
to lay my head.
Just fill me with good liquor
and I’ll be good to you instead.
When I’m feelin’ high,
I ain’t got nothin’ else to do
but lay my head.
When I’m feelin’ high,
I ain’t got nothin’ else to do
but lay my head.
Fill me with good liquor
yea, and I’ll be good to you instead.”
– Gin House Blues, Fletcher Henderson & Henry Troy