Lyr Req: I Ain't Got You (Clarence Carter)

Subject: Lyr. req. Butterbeans?, I 'aint got you
From: Hemi
Date: 25 Feb 99 - 02:11 AM

Looking for lyrics for two songs, Butterbeans is a dixie land song I heard on an album my parents had many years ago from a bar called Ruby Reds in Atlanta.

I 'aint got you- I think was written by Clearance Carter, however many groups have played it any help e-mail [e-mail]

Subject: Do you know "Butterbeans"
From: Hemmi
Date: 25 Feb 99 - 02:15 AM

When i was a kid my parents had an album w/ the song "butterbeans" on it. It was from a nightclub in Atlanta back in the 60's called ruby reds i can find the lyrics or song anywhere any suggestions

Transferred from thread with truncated title -Joe Offer-

Subject: Lyr Add: I AIN'T GOT YOU (Jimmy Reed)
From: Jon W.
Date: 25 Feb 99 - 10:39 AM

Here is one version of I Ain't Got You:

I Ain't Got You (Jimmy Reed version)

I got an Eldorado Cadillac
With the spare tire on the back
I got a charge account a Goldbach's
But I ain't got you.

I got a closet full of clothes,
But no matter where I go,
I keep a ring in my nose,
'Cause I ain't got you.

(bridge)
I got a tavern, and a package store
I hit the number, yeah four forty four,
I got a mojo, yes don't you know,
I'm all dressed up with no place to go.

I got women to the right of me
I got women to the left of me
I got women all around me
But I ain't got you

No I ain't got you
No I ain't got you...

There was another version (by the Yardbirds I think) that started with the lines

I got a Maserati GT
With the snake-skin upholstery

The rest was similar if not identical to the above.

And then there's the yuppie computer nerd version:

I gotta Mercedes Benz one nine oh,
With the Alpine car stereo,
But it's my worst case scenario,
'Cause I ain't got you

(bridge) I got a PC, and a Macintosh
I do Windows, but I don't do DOS,
I got a hard drive, and a Zip also,
I'm all dressed up with no place to go.
etc.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Ain't Got You (Clarence Carter)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 08:53 PM

I AIN'T GOT YOU was indeed written by Clarence Carter. Besides Carter, it has also been recorded by Aerosmith, The Animals, Billy Boy Arnold, The Blues Brothers, Eric Clapton, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Jimmy Reed, The Yardbirds, and several lesser-known performers.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Ain't Got You (Clarence Carter)
From: GUEST,Brett
Date: 05 May 10 - 08:45 PM

Hey Guys

"I ain't got" you credit is given to CALVIN Carter, who worked with Jimmy Reed at VeeJay Records

so it is credited to one or the other at some points

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Ain't Got You (Clarence Carter)
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Jul 20 - 11:56 AM

As a kid and with commercial radio we was hearing it from the Yardbirds, but Billy Boy Arnold it is said recorded the original. I still listen to Billy's version all the time and prefer it over the Jimmy Reed version.
As for any "several lesser-know performers" I was always impressed with the 9 minute version by Blue Oyster Cult, it is outstanding, transformed to Rock n Roll, uptempo and of course Blazing Guitars. My opinion is and I have heard them all. "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" the Best Rock LIVE album out there. Give it a try, from 1975.

Billy Boy was also signed to VeeJay records, I think he had the first crack at recording it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Ain't Got You (Clarence Carter)
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 06 Jul 20 - 05:06 AM

Billy Boy Arnold recorded his version on VJ in 1955.