Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) (LP Version)
Otis Redding"Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) (LP Version)" is a song by Otis Redding, released in 1991 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:02 long and contains 60 lines and 258 words.
0:11Once I lived the life of millionaire
0:20People spending my money money
0:24Lord and I just didn't care now Lord
0:30Taking my friends out
0:33Trying to have a good time
0:38They drank that strong
0:40Bootleg liquor
0:42And that good
0:43Old champagne and wine
0:45Lord
0:48Well no just as soon as
0:51My money got so low
0:54Lord
0:57I couldn't find my friends Lord
1:00And I just didn't have
1:01No place to go
1:03Now no
1:07But if I ever and if I ever
1:09Get my hands
1:11On them green dollars again yeah
1:16I'm gonna hold on
1:20Till that big eagle grin Lord no
1:25I'm trying to tell ya
1:27That nobody wants you
1:34People nobody wants you no
1:37When you're down
1:39And out and I know
1:43Because in your pocket no
1:47There is not one penny
1:53And all of them
1:53So called friends
1:55I'm trying to tell ya
1:57That you haven't got any
1:59But yeah and just as soon
2:05As you get back
2:05On your feet again
2:10People I'm trying to
2:12Tell you
2:12That here they come
2:14Telling you all
2:16They're your long lost friend
2:18Oh but I'm trying to
2:22Tell everybody Lord
2:25Without a doubt
2:28That nobody wants you
2:32Oh
2:34Nobody wants you no no
2:37Nobody wants you no
2:41Nobody needs you
2:43Nobody wants you
2:45When you're down and out Lord
2:48And nobody says
2:49A good thing about you
2:51And nobody can tell you
2:53When to turn
2:54And when to go
2:57What what when you get back
2:59On your feet again
3:01Then everybody's gonna
3:02Turn back and tell ya tell
Once I lived the life of millionaire People spending my money money Lord and I just didn't care now Lord Taking my friends out Trying to have a good time They drank that strong Bootleg liquor And that good Old champagne and wine Lord Well no just as soon as My money got so low Lord I couldn't find my friends Lord And I just didn't have No place to go Now no But if I ever and if I ever Get my hands On them green dollars again yeah I'm gonna hold on Till that big eagle grin Lord no I'm trying to tell ya That nobody wants you People nobody wants you no When you're down And out and I know Because in your pocket no There is not one penny And all of them So called friends I'm trying to tell ya That you haven't got any But yeah and just as soon As you get back On your feet again People I'm trying to Tell you That here they come Telling you all They're your long lost friend Oh but I'm trying to Tell everybody Lord Without a doubt That nobody wants you Oh Nobody wants you no no Nobody wants you no Nobody needs you Nobody wants you When you're down and out Lord And nobody says A good thing about you And nobody can tell you When to turn And when to go What what when you get back On your feet again Then everybody's gonna Turn back and tell ya tell
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