DRIFTING
(Charles Brown / Johnny Moore / Eddie Williams)

as recorded by Billy Eckstine
with Count Basie & his Orchestra
1959


Well I'm driftin' and driftin', like a ship out on the sea,
Well I'm driftin' and driftin', like a ship out on the sea,
Well I ain't got nobody in this world to care for me!

If my baby would only take me back again,
If my baby would only take me back again,
Well you know I ain't no good baby, and I haven't got a friend!

I give you all my money, tell me what more can I do?
Give you all my money, tell me what more can I do?
You're just a good little girl, but you just won't be true!

Bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye bye-bye,
Bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye bye-bye,
It's gonna be too late baby, I'll be so far away!
Bye-bye baby, bye-bye!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2016)