TEN YEARS AFTER: Ten Years After (1967)

1. I Want to Know
2. I Can't Keep from Crying, Sometimes
3. Adventures of a Young Organ
4. Spoonful
5. Losing the Dogs
6. Feel It for Me
7. Love Until I Die
8. Don't Want You, Woman
9. Help Me

I WANT TO KNOW
I want to know why do you always run around
I want to know why do you always run around
Every man I know is watching you pull me down

I want to know, do you really mean to hurt me
I want to know, do you really mean to hurt me

Well, I'm tryin' to understand the way you always treat me
I want to know if I can come home every night
I want to know if I can come home every night
Well, oh woman, oh woman, why can't you try to treat me right

I wanna know, I wanna know
Hey hey I want want, I wanna know, oo oh
All right, what do you say

Well woman, oh woman, why can't you try to treat me right

I CAN’T KEEP FROM CRYING SOMETIMES
I can't keep from crying sometimes
I can't keep from crying sometimes
Oh momma she's dead and gone
And I know I'm all alone
I can't keep from crying sometimes

Early in the morning
About the break of day
I fall down on my knees
I fall down and I pray
I think about my woman
My woman who's long gone

I can't keep from crying sometimes
I can't keep from crying sometimes
Oh momma she's dead and gone
And I know I'm all alone
I can't keep from crying sometimes

Later in the evening
I watch the sun go down
I think about my woman
But my woman Lord she ain't around
My heart is filled with sadness
And my eyes are filled with tears

I can't keep from crying sometimes
I can't keep from crying sometimes
Oh momma she's dead and gone
And I know I'm all alone
I can't keep from crying sometimes

ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG ORGAN

(Instrumental)

SPOONFUL
It could be a spoonful of coffee
It could be a spoonful of tea
But one little spoon of your precious love
Is good enough for me
Men lie about that spoonful
Some cry about that spoonful
Some die about that spoonful
Everybody fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

It could be a spoonful of water
To save you from the desert sand
But one spoon of love from my forty five
Will save you from another man

Men lie about that spoonful
Some cry about that spoonful
Some die about that spoonful
Everybody fightin' about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

It could be a spoonful of sugar
It could be a spoonful of tea
But one little spoon of your precious love
Is good enough for me

Men lie about that spoonful
Some cry about that spoonful
Some die about that spoonful
Everybody fightin' about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful
That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful

LOSING THE DOGS
Ah... Let me hear it now ! All... right !
Well you work the day sweatin' while you're tryin' to earn your bread, ha !
Well you gotta work hard man, knock yourself dead - haooww!
Well you wanna drink of water, man you ain't got time to stop
Alright - the man said it's better for ya workin' til you drop, work on !
Well you're workin' for the boss man all the day long
The trouble with my life is I lived it all wrong, hey ! - Lived it wrong baby

Hey-oh, ya gotta make it work - gotta make it soon, oh-yeah
I only gotta wait til there ain't no moon - hey !
You gotta lose the dogs and keep a runnin' on, hey-yeah
When you wake up in the mornin', baby I'll be gone - I'm gone!
Well I live a life of ease - well I ain't got no pain
They're never gonna get me on the farm again
Ain't workin' like a dog - aw... ain't workin' nowhere - alright !
Hah...Yeah... I'm on a slave gang... Oh !

Oh yeah, yea... eah, alright - I'm gonna tell you something - oh yeah,
Well I'm lying by myself and I'm thinking about my wife - yeah, ha, ha!
The last time I saw her she was lying on my knife - and that's a fact!
I tried to make it runnin' but they caught me next day - mercy!
The world is in my cell, and I'm wastin' time away
Well I don't know why I bother boy, I don't know why I care
The preacher's been to see me, and I'm going to the chair - ha, ha
See if I care, burn me up ! Alright, I'll get 'em back someday!
No more work for me man - I won't have a care!

FEEL IT FOR ME
I'm gonna tell you about it my baby, I'll give you all that I can
I wanna prove it to you girl, I'm really - I'm a man
I'll hold you so close girl, you'll feel the heat from me
I'm gonna - love you, I'm gonna - hold you
Oh baby, feel it for me

I want you to feel babe, what it's like to be loved
I want you to come with a me, not feel like you're being shoved
I want you to come to me girl, put yourself in my hands
I'm gonna - love you, I'm gonna - hold you
Oh baby, feel it for me - alright !

If you really want me, don't be afraid to say
If you need my love girl, you can have it every day
If you feel for me girl, I can feel for you
I'm gonna - love you, I'm gonna hold - really hold you !

LOVE UNTIL I DIE
Well I'm gonna live my life darlin', live and love it until I die
Ooooo, live my life darlin', live and love it 'til I die
Tell ya, wanna have a good time - let the bad times pass me by
Alright !

Gonna love you darlin', live and love you all the time
Hmmm - mmm, Gonna love you darlin', live and love you all the time
If the times get hard baby, well at least I'll know you're mine

Well I'm gonna love you darlin', live and love you all the time - alright
I'm gonna love you darlin', live and love you all the time - yes I am
If the times get hard baby, well at least I'll know you're mine

I'm gonna live my life darlin', live and love it until I die
Oh, don't you know it !
I'm gonna live my life darlin', gonna live and love it until I die
Oh yeah - alright !I wanna have a good time, let the bad time pass me by

DON'T WANT YOU WOMAN
Don't want you woman, please stay away from me
Don't want you woman, please stay away from me
Well the one I got she is, sure good enough for me

Don't call me baby, I don't think it's kind
Don't call me baby, I don't think it's kind
Well, I got another woman - don't intend to leave her behind

Don't call me baby, call me on the phone
Don't call me baby, call me on the phone
If you wanna be kind to me girl, kindly leave me alone

Don't come on up to me baby, when you see me walkin' down the town
Don't come on up to me baby, when you see me walkin' down town
Don't wanna be unkind girl, but
You ain't the kind of woman I want around - Hey right !

Don't want you woman, please stay away from me
Don't want you woman, please stay away from me
Well the one I got she is, sure good enough for me

HELP ME
You got to help me, now; I can't do it all by myself.
You got to help me, now; I can't do it all by myself.
You know if you don't help me, darling, I'll have to find myself somebody else.
I my have to wash, I may have to sew, I may have to cook. I might mop the floor; but you help me, baby.
If you don't help me, darling, I'll have to find somebody else.
When I walk, you walk with me; and when I talk, you talk with me.
Oh, baby, I can't do it all by myself.
Bring my nightshirt; put your mornin' gown.
Bring my nightshirt; put your mornin' gown.
You know if you don't help me, darling, I'll have to find myself somebody else".

You're talking about your woman, I wish to God man that you could see mine.
You're talking about your woman, I wish to God man that you could see mine.
Every time the little girl starts to loving she bring eyesight to the blind.