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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Otis Redding
Otis Redding
Vocals
Al Jackson Jr.
Al Jackson Jr.
Drums
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bass Guitar
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
Guitar
Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Keyboards
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Keyboards
Andrew 'Love' Jackson
Andrew 'Love' Jackson
Saxophone
Charles Axton
Charles Axton
Tenor Saxophone
Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman
Baritone Saxophone
Gene Miller
Gene Miller
Trumpet
Sammy Coleman
Sammy Coleman
Trumpet
Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
Trumpet
Andrew Love
Andrew Love
Tenor Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alvertis Isbell
Alvertis Isbell
Songwriter
Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Out in the street, man, all night long
While the one that loves me, man, she was sitting at home
[Verse 2]
Oh, I been worried, I was a fool
Paying the bills and running around having fun, man
I know everybody make a mistake sometime
[Verse 3]
But when I got home, oh
My baby, she was gone
And I found a letter there, right there on the kitchen floor
It read, huh
[Verse 4]
"I tried to wait for you to come, honey
But like a fool, you were running around doing me wrong"
I'm sorry, I know, baby, everybody makes a mistake sometime
I know I made one
[Verse 5]
And oh, so, if you're running around with somebody else
Try to satisfy, man, you can't satisfy your selfish self
So, ah, man, you gotta take heed
Listen to every word I'm saying
'Cause that same thing, man, might happen to you one day
And you know that everybody
Man, I know that everybody makes a mistake sometimes
[Verse 6]
I know because I made mine
I made a great big one
Man, I made mine
I made a great big one
And I can't do it no more
No, I'm never gonna do it
I won't do it, come back to me, baby
Help me make you warm now, baby
I love you, darling
I love you, baby
Ah, honey
I just won't stay out in the street all night
And I won't stay out in the street, baby
I just sit at home with you darling
And hold your trembling hands...
Written by: Alvertis Isbell, Eddie Floyd
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