Love In Vain

"Love in Vain" (originally "Love in Vain Blues") is a blues song written by American musician Robert Johnson. Johnson recorded the song in 1937 during his last recording session and in 1939 it was issued as the last of his original 78 rpm records. Johnson's original recording was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame as part of the 2011 "Robert Johnson Centennial" celebrations. The British band The Rolling Stones recorded their version of the song for their 1969 album, Let It Bleed.

[Intro - Spoken] I wanna go with our next one myself [Verse 1] And I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand And I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell When all your love's in vain All my love's in vain [Verse 2] When the train rolled up to the station I looked her in the eye When the train rolled up to the station And I looked her in the eye Well, I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome And I could not help but cry All my love's in vain [Verse 3] When the train, it left the station With two lights on behind When the train, it left the station With two lights on behind Well, the blue light was my blues And the red light was my mind All my love's in vain [Verse 4] Ou hou ou ou ou Hoo, Willie Mae Oh oh oh oh oh hey Hoo, Willie Mae Ou ou ou ou ou ou hee vee oh woe All my love's in vain