John Lee Hooker — Nightmare Blues

These nightmares, nightmares, nightmares rides me all the time These nightmares, nightmares, rides me all the time I can't sleep at night, I can't sleep at night These nightmares rides me night and day I wonder why, my telephone don't never ring Yes, I wonder why my telephone don't never ring When my baby she was here with me My telephone rung both night and day My friends don't come around me, they don't seem like they know me no more You know my friends don't come around me, ever since my baby been gone These nightmares keep on riding me You know they ride me night and day Yes, yes Yes, I went to a gypsy woman, just to have my fortune read Yes, I went to a gypsy woman, just to have my fortune read She said John you ain't never had a friend They only was pretendin' to be I said, "Gypsy woman, can you stop these nightmares from riding me Mmm, stop these nightmares from riding me Because I just can't live on, live on, live on this way"