I STAY IN THE MOOD FOR YOU
Riley B King / Joe Bihari

as recorded by Billy Eckstine  
April 13th, 1944 
New York


I stay in the mood for you, 'cause I just can't help myself,
I stay in the mood for you, 'cause I just can't help myself,
You always foolin' around, givin' my love to somebody else!

I stay in the mood for you and I see you everywhere I go,
I stay in the mood for you and I see you everywhere I go,
If somethin' soon don't happen, my heart will break out low!

You've got a new kind o' lovin', it sure makes a man feel good,
You've got a new kind o' lovin', it sure makes a man feel good,
You just got that certain somethin', now I hope I'm understood!

You said that you love me, said that you'd be true,
Now you're tellin' strangers I was just some fool you knew!
But I stay in the mood for you 'cause I just can't help myself,
Come back to me, pretty baby, I'm tired of sleepin' by myself!
  



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2012)