I know I’ve done her wrong again God knows I never meant to hurt her I made her a promise again last night I knew I would not keep Morning finds me once again creepin’ up the stairs and down the hallway And as I touch her pillow, I know that she’s been crying in her sleep
Damn the fever in the blood I never knew my daddy’s pain He was always catchin’ trains and leavin’ Like mama knew he would Leavin’ me with fever in the blood
She reaches out and touches me God knows I don’t deserve this woman She hides a trace of sorrow behind a smile the way I knew she would Pretending she don’t notice the fragrance that still lingers on my body She does everything she can to satisfy the fever in the blood
Damn the fever in the blood I never knew my daddy’s pain He was always catchin’ trains and leavin’ Like mama knew he would Leavin’ me with fever in the blood