Lyrics > Skip James – Devil Got My Woman

Writer: Skip James
Published: [unknown]
Release: Skip James – Devil Got My Woman (LP, US)
Transcribed: Pop Catastrophe
Notes: Skip James song (RELEASE) covered by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for the Wim Wenders documentary The Soul of a Man (LYRICS / RELEASE).

I’d rather be the devil, to be that woman man
I’d rather be the devil, to be that woman man
Aw, nothin’ but the devil, changed my baby’s mind
Was nothin’ but the devil, changed my baby’s mind

I laid down last night, laid down last night
I laid down last night, tried to take my rest
My mind got to ramblin’, like a wild geese
From the west, from the west

The woman I love, woman that I loved
Woman I loved, took her from my best friend
But he got lucky, stoled her back again
And he got lucky, stoled her back again