I Just Wanna Make Love To You

Lyrics: Willie Dixon
Music: Willie Dixon
Originally sung by Pigpen with the Grateful Dead in 1966, then revived by Brent Mydland a couple of times in 1984, and finally played once by Jerry Garcia in 1995.

This was Pigpen's 1966 version:

I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to work every day
All I want you to be is true
I just wanna make love to you
Nobody but you
I don't wanna be [alone], I just wanna make love to you, yes I do

I don't want you to keep you indoors
I don't want you to walk my dog
Just one thing, babe, I want for you to do
Keep me making love to you
Nobody but you
I don't wanna be sad and blue, I just wanna make love to you, yes I do

I can tell by the way that you walk that walk
I can tell by the way that you talk that talk
I can tell by the way you treat your man
That I could love you till the [?]

I don't want you to bake my bread
I don't want you to make my little bed
I don't want you to be sad and blue
I just wanna make love to you
Nobody but you
I don't wanna be sad and blue, I just wanna make love to you, yes I do
Nobody but you
Nobody but you
Nobody but you, babe
Nobody but you now
Early in the morning
And late at night
Early in the evening
And awake all night

I just wanna make love to you
This is the version sung by Brent Mydland in 1984:
I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to work all day
I don't want you 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just wanna make love to you, love to you, love to you
Wanna make love to you, love to you

I don't want you to wash my clothes
I don't want you to keep my home
I don't want you 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just wanna make love to you
I wanna make love to you
Wanna make love to you

I can tell by the way that you walk that walk
I can see by the way that you, baby, talk
I can know by the way you treat your man
That I could love you baby till the [?]

I don't want you to cook my bread
I don't want you to make my bed
I don't want you 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just wanna make love to you, love to you
I wanna make love to you
I wanna make love to you

I can tell by the way that you walk that walk
I can see by the way that you, baby, talk
I can know by the way you treat your man
That I could love you baby till the [?]

Love to you
Love to you
This was the fragment Jerry Garcia sang in 1995:
I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to work all day
I don't want you 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just wanna make love to you
Love to you, love to you
Love to you, love to you
Love to you, love to you
Love to you, love to you

I don't want you to [?]
I don't want you to [?]
I don't want you 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just wanna make love to you
Love to you, love to you
Love to you, love to you
Love to you, love to you
Love to you, love to you
This is the original version by Willie Dixon:
I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to wake all day
I don't want to be true
I just want to make love to you

I don't want you to wash my clothes
I don't want you to keep on home
I don't want your money too
I just want to make love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Love to you

I can tell by the way that you [switch] and walk
I can see by the way that you, baby, talk
I can know by the way you treat your man
That I could love you baby till the crying shame

I don't want you to cook my bread
I don't want you to make my bed
I don't want you because I'm sad and blue
I just want to make love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Love to you


Grateful Dead Recordings
     Date Album
     21 Feb 1995 30 Trips Around The Sun


Further Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For details of every time played, see Grateful Sets

 


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