Evil Ways

Album: Santana (1969)
Charted: 9
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  • You've got to change your evil ways, baby
    Before I stop lovin' you
    You've got to change, baby
    And every word that I say is true
    You got me runnin' and hidin' all over town
    You got me sneakin' and a-peepin' and runnin' you down
    This can't go on, lord knows you got to change, baby

    Baby, when I come home, baby
    My house is dark and my pots are cold
    You're hangin' round, baby
    With Jean and Joan and-a who knows who
    I'm gettin' tried of waitin' and foolin' around
    I'll find somebody that won't make me feel like a clown
    This can't go on, lord knows you got to change

    Hey

    When I come home, baby
    My house is dark and my pots are cold
    You're hangin' round, baby
    With Jean and Joan and-a who knows who
    I'm gettin' tried of waitin' and foolin' around
    I'll find somebody who won't make me feel like a clown
    This can't go on, yeah-yeah-yeah Writer/s: CLARENCE ARTHUR HENRY
    Publisher: ONErpm, Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Barry from New York, NcA new version from Woodstock was recently discovered and included in the new Santana re-release. Apparently Carlos' guitar was out of tune so some recent overdubs were recorded in order to fix the problem.
  • Carlos from Antofagasta, ChileThis song was sampled by the rapper Mellow Man Ace on his spanglish hit "Mentirosa". Man Ace sampled "Tom Sawyer" from Rush also, in the same CD "Escape from Habana".
  • Camylle from Kent, WaI LOVE THIS SONG! I wasn't sure who sang this, but I had a hunch it was Santana.
  • Todd from Atlanta, GaGilda Radner, in character as Roseanne Rosannadanna on SNL, did a hysterical version of this song about Bo Derek that she attributed to "her musically happening cousin, Carlos Santana Rosannadanna."
  • Guy from Woodinville, WaThank you! I've been wondering for 38 years who sang that song! I just knew it wasn't Carlos.
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