Maybe I'll Understand
(专辑: Say It Loud – I'm Black And I'm Proud - 1969)
I'm brokenhearted, it's my fault Treated my baby wrong, and I
just got to talk But help me, somebody, I'm a
man Help me, somebody, I
believe she just don't understand I'm trying so hard, trying so hard I'm trying to do the
best I
can, oh yes I
am When I, I
lay down I
got my baby on my mind, oh yes I
have When I, when I
lay down I
got my baby on my mind, oh yeah I'll think about the
good things, and the
good times The
way she make me feel so fine Mmm, I
said I'm sitting in the
dark, oh now And I
don't, I
don't need no light Oh yes I
am, oh yes I
am, yes I... I'm sitting alone in the
dark I
want the
world to know I
don't need no light I
need no light 'Cause I'm wondering, I'm wondering where she's gone And I'm wondering what, what she's doing tonight And all I
can say, all I
can say is Help me, somebody, help me understand Help me, somebody, I
know that I'm not her man 'Cause I
need her, to hold my hand Then maybe, maybe I'll understand That's the
reason she wanted me for her part-time love now She says, "Baby, baby, you don't understand" AND OH, baby, I
swear I
just can't be I
can't be, I
can't be your back-door man now, oh, no, I
can't I
said, I
said I
just can't be I
said I
can't be your back-door man, oh no I
won't I
won't sneak and hide, baby I'm a
fool, people say, I
just don't understand, oh no, oh no Play it one time, Jimmy, oh now [Jimmy Nolen guitar solo] Take it down some Can't lose these blues Mmm...can't lose these blues I
remember, I
remember, my grandma told me one time She said it's so hard, when you're trying to play a
Blackjack game Oh yes it is I
had 15, hit him with a 6
You know, you know, you know he wasn't just the
same Ain't that a
sin? If I
could've hit that 15 I
had Do you know that would make me win? I
guess I'm, I
guess I'm, I'm in hard luck And OH, and OH...help me, somebody, hey Help me, somebody, OH, help me, somebody Help me, somebody, OH...