Parker's Mood (Bless My Soul) - Eddie Jefferson

My baby has gone away

And, she took my love with her

My woman just left, today

And I’m surely gonna miss her

I got up, this mornin', feelin' happy

‘Cause I thought was gonna be so, sunny

Bright and gay, all day, for me

But, when I looked around

Lo an' behold, I tell ya' what I found

My baby’s closet was as bare, as it could be

And, she had wrote a note, and left it for me

Lord, I’m so all alone

The note said Daddy, Daddy

I really hate to leave you, but, I gotta go

And I know it’s gonna hurt you to your poor ol' soul

Though I liked you ‘cause you treated me so fine

I just couldn’t keep pretending

Feelin' the way I do

And, being untrue

Just wouldn’t be fair to you

So, I am leavin'

Hope that you’re not grievin', too much

I’ll come back

If you’ll only say you’ll help me, Dear

To love you like I should

I promise I’ll be good, my sweet

Just try to understand

I know you’re for me

And, I think we can happy

Hey, hey, hey, Pretty Baby

Oh, how I wish you could hear me

I didn’t understand, yes, I want to be your man

I took love, so, for granted

An' I know I was wrong

Have mercy, Baby, Baby

Have mercy on me

Lordy, help me find my Clawdy

And bring her home, to me

‘Cause I know she’ll be as happy, as can be

When she finds that I just didn’t know

And, if she comes back home

I’ll never her go, again

I promise I won’t

She’s sweet as she can be

And, I am sure she means the whole world, to me

Bless my soul, if my baby ain’t back home, again