Jeff Beck & Beth Hart - I’d Rather Go Blind - Live 2017

Geoffrey Arnold Beck (1944-2023) was an English rock guitarist. Beth Hart (1972) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. “I’d Rather Go Blind“ is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, I do not own any rights to this video or audio. Audio-visual content administered by Eagle Rock. Lyrics: “I’d Rather Go Blind“ Something told me that it was over, baby, yeah When I saw you When I saw you and that girl And y’all was talking Something deep down Something deep down in my soul said “Go on, go on and cry, girl“ When I saw you, when I saw you with that same person And y’all was walking around And I’d rather I’d rather be a blind girl, baby, yeah, yeah Than to see you walk away, walk away from me, baby Don’t leave me, I don’t wanna see you go ’Cause you see, I love you so much And I don’t wanna watch you leave me Don’t wanna watch you leave me, baby And another thing is, one more thing is I just don’t, I just don’t wanna be free Scared to be by myself I was just, I was just sitting here thinking About your sweet kiss and your, your warm embrace Hmm, your warm embrace Hmm, yo, yo, warm, warm embrace When I look down in the glass that I held to my lips And I saw the reflection of the tears rolling down my face That’s when I knew I love you and I couldn’t do without you And I’d rather be a blind girl Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, babe, no, babe, oh, oh Oh babe, all day sitting up Sitting up thinking about you Myself, I don’t wanna see you leave Please don’t go Oh, babe, no, babe, oh, babe I’d rather be a blind girl Something told me that it was over, baby When I saw you When I saw you and that girl And y’all was talking Something deep down in my soul said “Go on, go on and cry, girl“ When I saw you, when I saw you and that girl And y’all was walking by And I’d rather go blind, I’d rather go blind I’d rather go blind, babe Than to see you walk away, walk away Don’t walk away ’cause I’d rather go blind