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Thread #92302   Message #3790466
Posted By: GUEST,Jim
15-May-16 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Don't Pity Me (Brownie McGhee)
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T PITY ME (Brownie McGhee)
This is the version he did on a Pete Seeger show:

You put me down, goin' up the hill,
Believin' in your heart someday, that I'd stand still,
People you know life, is just one bitter pill, oh yes it is,
Don't pity me.

Too proud to beg, you understand,
I can make it God knows if anyone else can,
But I know time, waits for no man, oh no,
So don't pity me.

You know why?

I can walk by myself, stay by myself,
I don't even have to bother you,
Oh well friends I guess, my only happiness,
Is just to hold on, to my blues.

Skies are blue, so am I,
Pretending I'm happy, god knows, I'm dissatisfied,
Cos I'm just too, just too mean to cry, oh no,
Don't pity me.

Once upon a time your time was my time, all the time,
But it seems like the time you had for me now is gone,
If you know I'm havin' a little tough luck, I'm not gonna give up,
I'm gonna just keep on, holdin' on.

I've hardened my heart, It has no more pain,
Every loss don't you know is gonna be my gain,
Cos I know time, gonna change everything, oh yes,
Don't pity me.

I can walk by myself, stay by myself,
I don't even have to bother you,
Oh well friends I guess, my only happiness,
Is just to hold on, to my blues.

Skies are blue, so am I,
Pretending I'm happy, oh Lord, I'm dissatisfied,
But I'm just too, just too mean to cry, oh yes I am,
Don't pity me.

Too mean, sometimes I get even,
So don't pity me.