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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield
Vocals
Charles H. Waller
Charles H. Waller
Baritone Saxophone
Red Callender
Red Callender
Bass Guitar
Lee Young
Lee Young
Drums
Gene Phillips
Gene Phillips
Guitar
Richard Wells
Richard Wells
Tenor Saxophone
Maxwell Davis
Maxwell Davis
Tenor Saxophone
Eddie Beal
Eddie Beal
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Learn to love me or leave me
Either one you wanna do
Learn to love me or leave me
Either one you wanna do
Because strange things is happening
Babe, and something may happen to you
[Verse 2]
If you know you don't love me
Why won't you let me be?
If you know you don't love me
Why won't you let me be?
Because it's better to be without you
Than to live on in misery
[Verse 3]
Midnight, find me cryin'
Daylight, find me cryin' too
Midnight, find me cryin'
Daylight, find me cryin' too
You better straighten your mind, pretty baby
'Cause something may happen to you
Written by: Percy Mayfield

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