William Smith and his wife recorded four songs for Paramount in 1927. They … Read Full Bio ↴William Smith and his wife recorded four songs for Paramount in 1927. They were either from Texas or the Carolinas. William Smith was a kind of “guitar evangelist” with a percussive guitar style and a growling voice, much like Blind Willie Johnson and other singers from this period. Judging by the songs they recorded, they mixed topical songs with religious overtones with purely religious repertoire, but they could have been singing many other styles of music, like black street singers often do. The counterpoint voice of his wife who plays also with a sort of washboard all kind of percussive effects over William’s singing and repetitive guitar riffs give the Smiths a unique and raw sound unheard since then on records.

The Titanic
William & Versey Smith Lyrics

You got no trust
You dotn want no love
All i want is love
Thats whats up
I dont give a fuck
I aint giving up

You got no trust
You dont want no love
All i want is love

What is love
Love is just a drug
Pour some in my cup
We aint make it so far
I know life can get hard
We can start a band you can sing
Ill play guitar

Girl of my dreams
I dont dream
Only when i fiend
I know im a fiend
Ill get better one day ill get clean
Only us just you and me
Nobody to intervene
Nothing can get inbetween
If you are still into me
Those are thoughts baby lets think
I can be your leonardo dicaprio
Take the titanic together we can sink

You got no trust
You dotn want no love
All i want is love
Thats whats up
I dont give a fuck
I aint giving up

You got no trust
You dont want no love
All i want is love
What is love
Love is just a drug
Pour some in my cup
We aint make it so far
I know life can get hard
We can start a band you can sing
Ill play guitar

Girl of my dreams
I dont dream
Only when i fiend
I know im a fiend
Ill get better one day ill get clean
Only us just you and me
Nobody to intervene
Nothing can get inbetween
If you are still into me
Those are thoughts baby lets think
I can be your leonardo dicaprio
Take the titanic together we can sink

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