Baby, Please Tell Me (1926)
JAMES JOHNSON, LONNIE JOHNSON
Baby, what's on your mind?
Baby, baby what's on your mind?
You can't even speak, and you can't even eat, poor child.
I'm heart-broken, and in trouble too.
I'm heart-broken, lord I'm in trouble too.
Lord, what more, can a poor broken-hearted man do.
Everybody come near and do this mess-a-round …
Ah, play it, Mr. Lonnie Johnson … Ah, you play it so good …
Mmmh, mmmh, mmmh … mmmh, Mr. Middle … [man's spoken words]
You think some people is happy, but I swear you don't know.
You think some people is happy, but I swear you don't know.
You don't know what's happening, after the door is closed.
Stand back if you want to hear it again … [man's spoken words]