"My Sometimes Baby" — the blues man with an inconsistent lover.
Yeah my baby sometimey, sometimes she will and sometimes she won't
Yes I've got a sometimey baby
Sometimes she will and sometimes she won't
And when I think about my baby loving me
Sometimes she do and sometimes she don't
Yes sometimes she's sweet like an angel
And sometimes she's the devil like a witch
Yes I said my baby's sweet
Sometimes like an angel
And sometimes she's the devil like a witch
Well to be in love with a woman like this
Sometimes you don't know which is witch
I think I'll leave in the morning
But I got to spend the night
I think I'll leave in the morning
But I got to spend the night
Yeah you may be right in your thinking people
But I know my baby's gonna make everything all right
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- A B.B. King recording. The "sometimes" qualifier — not always there, not reliably present — is the blues tradition's most honest description of a love that can't be counted on.