Eric Clapton | Lyrics | If I Don't Be There by Morning

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  • Song Name: If I Don't Be There by Morning
  • Artist Name: Eric Clapton
  • Album: Backless
  • Songwriters: Bob Dylan, Helena Springs
  • Release Date: 1978.11.01
  • Label: Polydor

LYRICS FOR "If I Don't Be There by Morning"

Blue sky upon the horizon
Private eye is on my trail
And if I don't be there by mornin'
You know that I must have spent the night in jail

I've been runnin' from Memphis to L.A.
Had an appointment set sometime for today
And if I don't be there by mornin'
You know that I must have gone the other way

Findin' my way back to you girl
Lonely and blue and mistreated too
Sometimes I think of you girl
Is it true that you think of me too?

I got a woman livin' in L.A.
I got a woman waitin' for my pay
And if I don't be there by mornin'
Pack my clothes, get down on your knees and pray

Findin' my way back to you girl
Lonely and blue and mistreated too
Sometimes I think of you girl
Is it true that you think of me too?

I left my woman with a twenty dollar bill
I left her waitin', I hope she's waitin' for me still
And if I don't be there by mornin'
You know that I, I never will

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