The New How Long How Long Blues

How long, babe, how long

Do you think I'll let you do me wrong?

How long, how long, baby, how long?

If you don't want me, baby, why don't you tell me so?

I know you love someone else, baby, and you can go

For so long, so long, baby, so long

And I will tell you, and tell you to your face

That when you're gone, baby, someone else will take your place

For so long, so long, baby, so long

No, I ain't going to cry, ain't going to waste no tears

For if you go away, baby, I hope you stay a thousand years

For that long, yes, that long, baby, that long

You are a dirty mistreater and you ain't no good

And I wouldn't try to like you, even if it was good

For how long, how long, baby, how long?

Don't start that jive, baby, just you leave me alone

Or you'll be shelling up daisies 'round some cold tombstone

For so long, so long, baby, so long

So go on, baby, and just let me be

If I never see you anymore, that will be too soon for me

For so long, so long, baby, so long