When Things Go Wrong with You

DESCRIPTION: "I love you, baby, I ain't gonna lie, Without you, honey, I just can't be satisfied. Cause when things go wrong, so wrong with you, Well, it hurts me too." The singer hopes to be the girl's man, and wants to make her happy. He promises to treat her well
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (recording, Tampa Red)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 78, "When Things Go Wrong With You" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Bob Dylan, "It Hurts Me Too" (on Self-Portrait, 1970)
Tampa Red, "It Hurts Me Too" (Bluebird B-8635, 1941; rec. 1940) "When Things Go Wrong With You" (RCA Victor 22-0035, 1949)
NOTES [26 words]: This comes from the singing of Big Bill Broonzy, and he probably had at least some hand in the text, but it is generally not listed as his composition. - RBW
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File: FSWB078

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