Original Jimmy Reed version
If you leave me, babe, say you won't be back
That would be the end of me 'cause I'd have a heart attack
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right off and die
Darling, I will love you 'long as I got breath
If we part, I know sweetheart, it would worry me to death
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right off and die
Don't get no sick and accident 'cause I'm healthy as can be
Now, if you got any sense you'd take the hint and get a Penn Life on me
You don't know me, baby, like I know myself
I couldn't live if you should give all your love to someone else
You better get some insurance on me, baby, take out some insurance on me, baby
'Cause if you ever, ever say goodbye, I'm gonna haul right off and die
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TAKE OUT SOME INSURANCE [Live Feb 1972 version]