I found a recording at YouTube and checked this transcription carefully. There is another copy here (same audio, different images).

Note the title is I'D RATHER GO BLIND, not I'D RATHER BE BLIND.

I'D RATHER GO BLIND
Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan
As sung by Etta James

Something told me it was over (yeah)
When I saw you and her talking.
Something deep down in my soul said, "Cry, girl" (cry, cry.)
When I saw you and that girl walking, now.

Ooh, I would rather, I would rather go blind, boy,
Than to see you walk away from me, child, no.
Ooh, so you see, I love you so much, that I don't want to watch you leave me, baby.
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be free, no.

Ohh, ooh! I was just, I was just, I was just sittin' here thinkin'
Of your kiss and your warm embrace, yeah,
When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now, babe, (yeah, yeah)
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah.

Ooh, and baby, baby, I'd rather, I'd rather be blind, boy,
Than to see you walk away, see you walk away from me, yeah.
Ooh, baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind, now.…[fade]

[This song has also been recorded by Beyoncé, Chicken Shack, Clarence Carter, Dr. John, Elkie Brooks, Fleetwood Mac, Koko Taylor, Marcia Ball, Mary Coughlan, Paul Weller, Rod Stewart, Ruby Turner, and many others.]