https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVunPI1p6nA
Amusant gezwets van Sonny Boy Williamson II (er was ook een I). “Eyesight to the Blind” werd beroemd doordat The Who het op “Tommy” zette. Geen slechte versie – The Who was natuurlijk een fantastische band – maar het haalt het niet bij het origineel. Williamson de Tweede was één van die bluesartiesten die zelf niet zoveel platen verkocht, maar wél door zo ongeveer iedereen gecoverd werd.
Zoals zoveel bluesartiesten van zijn generatie kreeg Williamson pas in de jaren ’60 de roem (en het geld) waar hij recht op had. Voor hem kwam dat eigenlijk net iets te laat. In 1965 overleed hij in zijn slaap aan een hartaanval. Hij is maar 53 jaar oud geworden.
Well, well, well, well
You were talking about your woman.
I wish to god that you could see mine.
You were talking about your woman.
I wish to god, man, that you could see mine.
I wish to god that you could see mine.
You were talking about your woman.
I wish to god, man, that you could see mine.
Every time my little girl start to lovin’,
She bring eyesight to the blind.
She bring eyesight to the blind.
Lord, her daddy must have been a millionaire, cause I could tell by the way she walked.
Her daddy must have been a millionaire, cause I could tell by the way she walked.
Her daddy must have been a millionaire, cause I could tell by the way she walked.
Every time she start to lovin’,
The deaf and dumb begin to talk.
The deaf and dumb begin to talk.
Yeah, you know what they say.
I remember one Friday morning,
We was lying down across your bed.
Man in the back room was dying, eyes were sad, and I stroked his head and I said Lordy ain’t she pretty, and the whole state knows she’s fine.
And every, every, every time she start to lovin’, she bring eyesight to the blind
We was lying down across your bed.
Man in the back room was dying, eyes were sad, and I stroked his head and I said Lordy ain’t she pretty, and the whole state knows she’s fine.
And every, every, every time she start to lovin’, she bring eyesight to the blind
What a woman I got here.
Lean on me baby, lean on me.
Lean on me baby, lean on me.
Yes, I declare she’s pretty, and the whole state knows she’s fine.
Man, I declare she’s pretty, lordy, lordy, I declare she’s fine.
Man, I declare she’s pretty, lordy, lordy, I declare she’s fine.
Every, every, every, every time she starts to lovin’, she bring eyesight to the blind.
