Don't Ease Me In

Chorus
Don't ease, don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long coming home
Don't ease me in

I was standing at the corner
Talking to Miss Brown
Well I turned around, sweet momma
She was way cross town

So I'm walking down the street
With a dollar in my hand
I've been looking for a woman, sweet momma
Ain't got no man

[chorus]

The girl I love
She's sweet and true
You know the dress she wears, sweet momma
It's pink and blue

She brings me coffee
You know she brings me tea
She brings 'bout every damn thing
But the jailhouse key

[chorus]

1. In the 1966 single version, Jerry sings "looking all around" instead of "talking to Miss Brown."

2. In early versions, Jerry sings "every darn thing" instead of "every damn thing."

3. In the live 1966 version on Birth Of The Dead, Jerry sings "talking to Ma Brown" instead of "talking to Miss Brown."

4. The live 1966 version on Birth Of The Dead also includes two different verses:

The girl I love
She got my head [?]
And every time I see her
I leave this town [?]
I was standing on the corner
Looking all around
The girl I love the best
Has left this town

5. Early 70s versions often included this additional verse:

I was walking down Main
Deep Elem too [?]
And all the women down there
They got the Texas blues