The Karma Blues

Honey, have you learned about the karma blues--
  that whatever you do will come back to you, 
  like it done to me. 
You know all those bad things that I done 
  come back in my face sure as that rising sun.
I said, "Sugar, I'm leaving." 
  Now I hear you're seeing 
  someone new. 

Babe, whatever you do will come back to you 
  like that crafty old bad old moon. 

I said I was too too good. 
  Now I'm begging to shine your shoes. 
I used to say, "I ain't got the time of day." 
  Now can't you give me just a minute, oh please Baby. 
I thought I was cooler than cool, 
  but now that I'm standing in your shoes, 
  I don't much like the view. 

Just remember Sweetie, whatever you do will come back to you 
  like that sad old bad old moon. 

I couldn't say goodbye too soon.  I said, "Later." 
  But now I'll take you anytime, anyway, anyhow, anything. 
  Ain't so proud of what I got--an awful lot of nothing. 
You say you'll see me anywhere but now and here 
  and I got a cold hard feeling 
  that that black blue moon is reeling
  round again, 
  coming my way. 
And that new full moon be saying, 
  "You had it coming for a long time baby, 
  and maybe 
  maybe next time round you'll be thinking, Angel, 
  that whatever you do will come back to you." 

Yeah that karma school is a hard lesson in blues. 
  Love ain't like that cold bright moon, 
  once it's gone, oh Lover, it ain't coming back to you. 


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