Album: Singing the Blues, freddycolemusic.com Buy: amzn.to/2uFFFbV Lyrics: I shoulda stayed gone When I left before Cause you do me wrong When we're together But I keep coming back Oh, Lord, for more When I leave this time Whoa, Lord, make sure It's understand that This time, I'm gone for good Many times I've left you But I couldn't stay away too long Thank God for the strength That he gave to me to leave home And still be strong It's been warm outside But for me, but for me There's been no sunshine So hard for me to leave But I finally made up my mind This time, baby, Lord I'm not gonna let you Worry me no more And this time, baby Don't even say nothing to me Oh, Lord, bye, bye, baby “I started playing piano at five or six,” Freddy recalls. “Music was all around me.” In the Chicago home of his youth, visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton. He also credits Billy Eckstine as a major influence. “He was a fantastic entertainer,” Freddy recalls. “I learned so much from just watching and being around him.” After a possible career with the NFL was shelved due to a severe football related hand injury, he began playing and singing in Chicago clubs as a teenager. Although he was ready to hit the road at 18, his mother intervened and he continued his musical education at the Roosevelt Institute in Chicago. ---- Don on Facebook: www.facebook.com/dondraperstunes/ Don on Tumblr: donstumbs.tumblr.com/ Don on G+: plus.google.com/+DonsTunesOfficial ----

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