Lonnie Johnson Lyrics
"Somebody's Got To Go (1941)"

Night and day I been drinkin', tryin' to get you off my mind.
Night and day I been drinkin', tryin' to get you off my mind.
Now you know I love you. That is why you treat me so unkind.

Now my breads it was stole, and my coffee's gettin' cold.
I hear my mother sayin', she'll get my father's gold.
She says, Ooh-wee, Daddy, somebody is got to go.
I'm tired of you stayin' out night and day. Somebody 's got to go.

Now you told me that you love me, when you laid down across my bed.
You was pullin' your "odds up, bein' harmful," and talkin' out your head.

I said, Ooh-wee, somebody 's got to go.
I just can't get along with you baby. Somebody 's got to go.

Now you told me that you love me baby, I know your love ain't true.
'Cause how can you love me baby, and love my best friend too?
Ooh-wee, baby somebody 's got to go.
I just can't stand your jivin' no longer. Somebody's got to go.

Now I went home yesterday mornin', just about the break of day.
I peep through the keyhole and somebody's layin'on the pillow where I'm supposed to lay.
I says, Ooh-wee, you know somebody is booked to go.
I can't stand that pressure no longer. Jack somebody 's got to go.