I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime) Lyrics

by Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf
recording of 1995
from Ledbetter Heights (Giant 24621), copyright notice

I'm leaving you, woman
Before I commit a crime
I'm leaving you, woman
Before I commit a crime
You tried so hard to kill me
But baby, it was not my time

You put poison in my coffee
Instead of milk or cream
You put poison in my coffee
Instead of milk or cream
You're the evilest woman
I think I've ever seen

You mix my drink
With a can of Red Devil lye
You mix my drink
With a can of Red Devil lye
Then you sit right down
Watch me, hoping I might die