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Artist: Charley Patton
Canonical path: /patton-charley/when-your-way-gets-dark
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When Your Way Gets Dark
Read When Your Way Gets Dark lyrics by Charley Patton on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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When Your Way Gets Dark
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When your way gets dark, baby, turn your lights up high
(spoken: What's the matter with 'em?)
Where can I see my man, Lord, if he come easin' by
I take my daily...
(spoken: Daily 'fore day prayer!)
I take my daily...
Trouble at home, baby
(spoken: Tryin' to blow me down!)
It wouldn't hurt so bad but the news all over this...
I love my baby an' I
(spoken: Tell the world I do)
What made me love her, you will come an' love her, too
Hey, someday, baby
(spoken: You know, an' it won't be long)
You'll call at me, baby, an', an' I'll be gone
I'm goin' away, baby
(spoken: Don't you wanna go?)
I'm goin' away, baby, don't you wanna go?
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Charley Patton performs "When Your Way Gets Dark", and this lyric page sits inside the Charley Patton catalog on LyroVerse.
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