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I just can't keep from crying (Blind Willie Johnson)


    Well, I just can't keep from crying sometimes

    Well, I just can't keep from crying sometimes

    When my heart is filled with sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

    I just can't keep from crying sometimes


    My mother often told me, don’t you throw your life away

    Nothing is your own, nothing’s here to stay

    But I'm on the King's Highway, yes I'm on the King's Highway

    I just can't keep from crying sometimes


    No I just can't keep from crying sometimes

    Well, I just can't keep from crying sometimes

    When my heart is full of sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

    I just can't keep from crying sometimes


    Well it hurt when she first left me, I grieved a little while

    But I said it did not matter, and I hid behind a smile

    But now that I am older, I’m ashamed of what I told her

    I just can't keep from crying sometimes


    No I just can't keep from crying sometimes

    Well, I just can't keep from crying sometimes

    When my heart is full of sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

    I just can't keep from crying sometimes


    From Turkey Doolin at the Ya’ll Zig, released July 12, 2019

    Music and lyrics by Blind Willie Johnson

    Additional lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy

    Recorded by Yuval Ziegler

    If I really loved her (I would leave her alone)


      Down I go Down I’m digging me a gambling hole But it’s nice to get out Mr. Murray gave me a ride into town

      But she tells me if I really knew her I would know And she tells me if I really loved her I would leave her alone

      The men at the gate They laugh and tell me that I’ll just have to wait Then they let me pass They don’t care whatever happens after that

      But she tells me if I really knew her I would know And she tells me if I really loved her I would leave her alone

      But on my soul there’s a world that I wanna set on fire I made my plans and I’ll be damned if I'll be made into a liar

      The time cannot be set And I cross my fingers and I split the deck My coffee’s getting cold But I’ve got all the time in this tiny little world

      But she tells me if I really knew her I would know And she tells me if I really loved her I would leave her alone


      Benjamin Adair Murphy - guitar, vocals Juan Victor Belisario Figuera - bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards Allison Langerak - vocals

      From La Bestia Demos, released April 26, 2019


      Recorded at on January 24, 2019 at La Bestia Studios in Mexico City Recorded by Juan Victor Belisario Figuera and Alejandro Gracia Partida

      All music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)

      Released April 26, 2019

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