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Track: Damn Your Eyes
Artist: Etta James
Album: Seven Year Itch

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Name: Etta James
Spotify Genres: soul, jazz blues, soul blues, blues, vocal jazz
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American R&B/soul contralto vocalist (born January 25, 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA - died January 20, 2012, Riverside, California, USA), the most prominent female vocalist of the [l=Chess] label. Etta James was discovered as a teenager by [a=Johnny Otis], with her first hit in 1955. She recorded for [l=Modern Records (2)] and [l=Kent Records] for the remainder of the 1950's. She signed with [l=Chess] in 1960, recording with them until 1976. From 1965 to the mid 1970's she battled heroin addiction. In 1978 she recorded the [a=Jerry Wexler] produced "Deep in the Night", which was her final recording until 1988, returning to the [l264127] to record "Seven Years Itch". From 1988 through 2006, she recorded frequent albums. She was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2008, the movie "Cadillac Records" told the story of her career through to the late 1970's, with her role being played by [a=Beyoncé] Knowles, who also recorded some of James' songs for the soundtrack. For writing credits in her early career she used the last name from a couple that took care of her as a child, [a=Jamesetta Rogers] and on a rare occasion her real name [a=Jamesetta Hawkins]. Mother of [a558080] and [a558081].

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Release: Etta James - Damn Your Eyes / I Got The Will
Year: 1988
Genres: Funk / Soul, Blues
Styles: Rhythm & Blues, Funk, Soul

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LYRICS

I can do what I want
I'm in complete control
That's what I tell myself
I got a mind of my own
I'll be alright alone
Don't need anybody else
I gave myself a good talkin' to
No more bein' a fool for you
And when I see you all I remember
Is how you make me wanna surrender

chorus:

Damn your eyes
For takin' my breath away
Makin' me wanna stay
Damn your eyes
For getting my hopes up high
Makin' me fall in love again
Damn your eyes

It's always the same
You say that you'll change
Some how you never do
I believe all your lies
Look in your eyes
You make it all seem true

I guess I see what I wanna see
Or is my heart just deceiving me
And with that look I know so well
I fall completely under your spell

(repeat chorus)

You came deliberately deceiving me
Makin' me see what I wanna see

(repeat chorus)