Skip James - Careless Love Lyrics
Careless Love 4:00 Trk 10Nehemiah Curtis 'Skip' JamesSkip James - vocal, guitar and pianoAlbum: Blues From The DeltaFrom Vanguard 'Devil Got My Woman' album 1968Vanguard Records CD 96517-2 1998Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.comNote: hyphen=word unsungOh love, ooh loveOh, careless loveYes, oh love, oh loveOh, careless loveOh love oh, oh loveOh love, oh, careless -How can't you seeWhat careless love, have done?And it have caused me to weepAnd to -It done caused me to weepAnd to moanIt done caused me to weepAn it caused me to moanYou know that love done causedMe to leave my happy homeOh love'll lieOh love, justOh love, ohOh, love'll dieOoh, loveOh love, oh careless -Now you can see meWhat a careless love have -My mother, she told meWhen I was a childMy mother, told meWhen I was a childMy mother, she told meShe told meWhen I was a child'These old, battleaxe womenSon, gon' run you wild'Then I said, 'That's the reason'Oh careless love'Oh, loveOh loveOh, careless loveOh, love'll lieOh love, oh loveOh careless -Yeah you, can't you seeWhat it have done?Yes, my mamaShe used to kneel an prayOh, my mamaShe used to kneel an she'd prayAn I b'lieve I heard her say'Oh Lord, will you see my child, todayAnd you see what this careless loveDone causin?'And you can just see, nowWhat a careless love have doneNow, you can just seeWhat careless love have doneAn you now, you can s-You canYou can just seeWhat careless love have doneAn you know it done'Caused me to do a lot of things wrongAn that caused me toLeave my happy home.~
