Songwriter: Eric Clapton
Producer: Glyn Johns
[Verse 1]
Now my friend Bill was just a working lad
And he liked to have his fun
He liked to find a girl and get comfortable
When his working day was done
He would spend all his money on a Friday night
Wake up in the morning broke
Oh he had a run in with little Lucy then
Believe me that ain't no joke
[Chorus]
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
[Verse 2]
She started out working in a cafe
Picking money up on the side
She was free and easy, everybody's friend
But she couldn't be satisfied
So in walks Bill with his cash in his hand
His heart upon his sleeve
We tried to warn him about her ways
We never did succeed
[Chorus]
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
[Verse 3]
Well, the trap was sprung for poor old Bill
You should have heard little Lucy sing
"I want a Cadillac car, a beautiful home
And a thousand dollar ring"
They found our hero in the gutter
With a diamond ring and a gun
He done it for the love of Lucy
And ended up on the run
[Chorus]
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
Now my friend Bill was just a working lad
And he liked to have his fun
He liked to find a girl and get comfortable
When his working day was done
He would spend all his money on a Friday night
Wake up in the morning broke
Oh he had a run in with little Lucy then
Believe me that ain't no joke
[Chorus]
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
[Verse 2]
She started out working in a cafe
Picking money up on the side
She was free and easy, everybody's friend
But she couldn't be satisfied
So in walks Bill with his cash in his hand
His heart upon his sleeve
We tried to warn him about her ways
We never did succeed
[Chorus]
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
[Verse 3]
Well, the trap was sprung for poor old Bill
You should have heard little Lucy sing
"I want a Cadillac car, a beautiful home
And a thousand dollar ring"
They found our hero in the gutter
With a diamond ring and a gun
He done it for the love of Lucy
And ended up on the run
[Chorus]
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
Watch out for Lucy though she may look frail
Say excuse me, Lucy, darling, don't you use me
I don't want to land in jail
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Backless (1978)
Eric Clapton popular songs
- Tears In Heaven
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Layla (Acoustic Live)
- Change the World
- I Shot the Sheriff
- Stand and Deliver
- My Father’s Eyes
- Let It Rain
- Lay Down Sally
- Let It Grow
- Old Love
- Layla (unplugged)
- Promises
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out (Acoustic Live)
- Before You Accuse Me
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Little Wing
- Magnolia
- Circus
- Crossroads
- It’s in the Way That You Use It
- Pretending
- Get Lost (David Morales radio edit)