Once she dressed in silks and lace, Owned a Rolls Royce car
Now she seems quite out of place, like a fallen star
Draped around my kitchen sink, Happy as can be I just have to stop and think, Why she fell for me
I’m not much to look at, nothing to see
Just glad I’m livin' and lucky to be
I got a woman crazy for me She’s funny that way
I can’t save a dollar, ain’t worth a cent
She doesn’t holler she’d live in a tent
I got a woman crazy for me She’s funny that way
Tho' she loves to work and slave for me ev’ry day
She’d be so much better off if I went away
But why should I leave her, why should I go She’d be unhappy without me I know
I got a woman crazy for me She’s funny that way
She should have the very best, Anyone can see
Still she’s diff’rent from the rest, satisfied with me While I worry plan and scheme, Over what to do Can’t help feeling it’s a dream, Too good to be true
Never had nothin'; no one to care
That’s why I seem to have more than my share
I got a woman, crazy for me She’s funny that way
When I hurt her feelings, once in a while
Her only answer is one little smile
I got a woman crazy for me She’s funny that way
I can see no other way and no better plan
End it all and let her go to some better man;
But I’m only human, coward at best
I’m more than certain she’d follow me west
I got a woman crazy for me She’s funny that way
Illinois Jacquet is one of my all time favorite sax players. This is a wonderful cut and should be enjoyed by more folks, but he tends to get overlooked way too much for the likes of Cannonball and Coltrane.
How did this great music happen? If man kind exists another hundred million years, What would be the likelihood of our ever, seeing the return of glorious, wonderful, beautiful music?
Such an amazing sax player. I've been finding some of his original Prestige stuff on vinyl lately, and I'm so happy to have his place in jazz history documented. Thanks for paying tribute to such an amazing musician!
met him around 1975 or 76 - one of the teachers in my high school knew him from his gigs in Toronto - he sat beside me for our stage band rehearsal. Super nice guy and a great tenor man.