BETH HART & JOE BONAMASSA - I'D RATHER GO BLIND

I'D RATHER GO BLIND

BETH & JOE

SONGWRITER: BILLY FOSTER & ELLINGTON

HOW: LIVE IN AMSTERDAM

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LIVE IN AMSTERDAM

LABEL: J & R ADVENTURES

GENRE: BLUE ROCK

YEAR: 2014

Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter and musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album Screamin' for My Supper. The single was a number one hit in New Zealand, as well as reaching the top 5 of the US Adult Contemporary and Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 charts.

The albums Seesaw and Live in Amsterdam by Hart and Joe Bonamassa debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart, a chart she has now topped six times. Hart has had two number 1 singles in Denmark, "As Good as It Gets" and "Learning to Live", as well a double platinum-selling album, Leave the Light On.

Hart's first album with Bonamassa, Don't Explain, went gold in the Netherlands, while their 2014 collaboration Seesaw was nominated for a Grammy Award, and gave Hart her first Blues Music Award nomination in the category 'Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist'.

Joe Bonamassa (born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age 12, when he opened for B.B. King. In the last 13 years Bonamassa has put out 15 solo albums through his independent record label J&R Adventures, of which 11 have reached number 1 on the Billboard Blues charts.

Bonamassa has played alongside many notable blues and rock artists, and earned a Grammy Award nomination in 2013. Among guitarists, he is known for his extensive collection of vintage guitars and amplifiers

Live in Amsterdam is a live album by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa. It was recorded at a live performance at the music venue Carré Theatre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A DVD version is also available. The album peaked Nº. 49 in the United Kingdom and Nº. 13 in the Netherlands.

Something told me that it was over, baby, yeah

When I saw you

When I saw you and that girl

And y'all was talking

Something deep down

Something deep down in my soul said

Go on, go on and cry, girl

When I saw you, when I saw you with that same person

And y'all was walking around

And I'd rather

I'd rather be a blind girl, baby, yeah, yeah

Than to see you walk away, walk away from me, baby

Don't leave me, I don't wanna see you go

'Cause you see, I love you so much

And I don't wanna watch you leave me

Don't wanna watch you leave me, baby

And another thing is, one more thing is

I just don't, I just don't wanna be free

Scared to be by myself

I was just, I was just sitting here thinking

About your sweet kiss and your, your warm embrace

Hmm, your warm embrace

Hmm, yo, yo, warm, warm embrace

When I look down in the glass that I held to my lips

And I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face

That's when I knew I love you and I couldn't do without you

And I'd rather be a blind girl

Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

Baby, baby, babe, no, babe, oh, oh

Oh babe, all day sitting up

Sitting up thinking about you

Myself, I don't wanna see you leave

Please don't go

Oh, babe, no, babe, oh, babe

I'd rather be a blind girl

Something told me that it was over, baby

When I saw you

When I saw you and that girl

And y'all was talking

Something deep down in my soul said

Go on, go on and cry, girl

When I saw you, when I saw you and that girl

And y'all was walking by

And I'd rather go blind, I'd rather go blind

I'd rather go blind, babe

Than to see you walk away, walk away

Don't walk away 'cause I'd rather go blind.