I just wanna make love to you original song

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

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

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

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

Further Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography

Songfacts®:

• It's obvious what Muddy Waters is after in this sultry blues number. He doesn't expect his woman to take on the traditional domestic responsibilities like cooking, cleaning, or doing laundry, as long as she's available for lovemaking. Also known as "Just Make Love To Me," it was written by Willie Dixon, a Chicago bluesman who played bass for Chess Records' house band and wrote tunes for the label, often deciding who would record what. He went on to become an influential figure in blues and rock 'n roll, performing on early hits from Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and writing the blues standards "Little Red Rooster," "Hoochie Coochie Man," and "Spoonful," among others.

• Waters is accompanied by Dixon on bass, Little Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Otis Spann on piano and Fred Below on drums.

• Waters, whose original version landed at #4 on the R&B chart, recorded this again for his 1968 album, Electric Mud, with the psychedelic soul group Rotary Connection as his backing band. It also showed up on 1967's Super Blues, a collaboration between Waters, Bo Diddley, and Little Walter.

• Several other artists recorded this, including the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, the Kinks, the Yardbirds, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Righteous Brothers, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Adele, and many more.

  Foghat earned their first hit when they included the cover on their 1972 debut album, reaching #83 on the Hot 100. In 1977 their live version from the album Foghat Live peaked at #33. Their version was also used in the 1993 comedy Dazed and Confused and was included on the soundtrack to Rob Zombie's Halloween II in 2009.

• Etta James recorded this for her debut album, At Last! (1960), as the flip-side to the hit title track. In a distinct change from Dixon's original lyrics, James is eager to tackle the domestic chores for her lover/husband that Waters said he didn't want. While he insisted, "I don't want you to bake my bread," she sang, "All I want you to do is to bake your bread, just to make sure that you're well fed."

  Her version was resurrected in 1994 for a Diet Coke commercial that shows a group of women taking a break from work to check out a sexy construction worker (Lucky Vanous) outside their office building. Due to the ad's popularity for its comic gender flip on objectification, James' single was re-released and peaked at #5 in the UK. In 2013, the same song was used in a similar ad for the soft drink, this time casting a sexy gardener (Andrew Cooper) instead of a construction worker. A woman tosses him a Diet Coke, which overflows on him when he cracks it open, and he gives her group of friends a show by taking off his shirt.

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