I Just Can't Help It - Washboard Sam

I woke up this mo’nin

Feelin' bad

Thinkin' about the good times

I once have had

Lord, I just can’t help it

Lord, I just can’t help it

Lord, I just can’t help it

Man, just sho' as you born

Now, there ain’t but one thing

Grievin' my mind

All of these womens

An ain’t none of 'em mine

Lord, I just can’t help it

Lord, I just can’t help it

Lord, I just can’t help it

Man, just sho' as you born

(sax & instrumental)

Yas, yas

I hittin' my woman

With a single tree

You might-a heard her holl’in

'Daddy, don’t murder me'

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Man, just as sho' as you born

Now, my mama told me

Papa told me, too

'These girls you lovin'

Gon' be the death of you'

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Man, just as sho' as you born

(piano & instrumental)

'Let's help it now, boy'

'Yas, yas'

I went home last night

Fell down 'cross my bed

I was in such a fix

Ev’rybody thought I was dead

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Lord, I just couldn’t help it

Man, just as sho' as you born