extensive subsequent covers, include:
"29 Ways" – Marc Cohn, Willie Dixon, The Blues Band
"300 Pounds Of Joy" – Howlin' Wolf, Tom Jones & Jools Holland
"After Five Long Years" – Willie Dixon
"As Long as I Have You" – Led Zeppelin
"Back Door Man"[9] – Howlin' Wolf, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Shadows of Knight, Bob Weir
"Big Boss Man" – Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley, The Animals, The Grateful Dead
"Bring It on Home" – Sonny Boy Williamson II, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Dread Zeppelin, Johnny Thunders
"Built for Comfort" – Howlin' Wolf, Canned Heat, UFO
"Crazy For My Baby" – Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Willie Dixon
"Crazy Love" – Buddy Guy
"Crazy Mixed Up World" – Little Walter
"Close to You" – Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors
"Dead Presidents" – Little Walter, The J. Geils Band
"Diddy Wah Diddy" – Bo Diddley, Captain Beefheart, The Blues Band
"Do Me Right" – Lowell Fulson
"Do the Do" – Howlin' Wolf
"Don't Go No Farther" – Muddy Waters
"Don't Tell Me Nothin´" – Willie Dixon – used in the movie The Color of Money
"Down in the Bottom" – Howlin' Wolf, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
"Earthquake and Hurricane" – Willie Dixon
"Eternity" – Grateful Dead
"Everybody Needs Something" – Little Walter
"Everything But You" – Jimmy Witherspoon
"Everything's Got a Time" – Willie Dixon
"Evil" – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart, Monster Magnet, Derek and the Dominos, Gary Moore, Cactus, The Faces, Steve Miller, Koko Taylor
"Flamin' Mamie" – Willie Dixon
"Help Me" – Sonny Boy Williamson II
"Gone Daddy Gone" - the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano incorporated elements of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" into his track; the former was later covered by Gnarls Barkley
"Grave Digger Blues" – Willie Dixon
"Groanin' the Blues" – Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton
"Hidden Charms" – Howlin' Wolf, Link Wray
"Hoochie Coochie Man"[6] – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Shadows of Knight, Eric Burdon, The Nashville Teens, Dion, The Allman Brothers Band, Alexis Korner, Steppenwolf, Chuck Berry, Motörhead, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Manfred Mann
"Howlin' For My Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, George Thorogood
"I Ain't Superstitious" – Howlin' Wolf, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, Megadeth, The Jeff Beck Group, Chris Spedding
"I Can't Quit You Baby" – Little Milton, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Led Zeppelin, Gary Moore, Dread Zeppelin, Nine Below Zero
"I Can't Understand" – Los Lobos (co-written with Cesar Rojas)
"I Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" – Willie Dixon
"If the Sea Was Whiskey" – Chris Thile
"I Got What It Takes" – Koko Taylor
"I Just Want To Make Love To You"[6] – Muddy Waters, The Animals, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Shadows of Knight, Mungo Jerry, Grateful Dead, Foghat, The Rolling Stones, Etta James, Van Morrison, Paul Rodgers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, April Wine, Robben Ford, Meat Puppets, Cold Blood
"I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" – Muddy Waters, Willie Nelson
"I'm Ready"[6] – Muddy Waters, Humble Pie, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, Long John Baldry, Eric Burdon, George Thorogood, Albert King
"Insane Asylum" – Koko Taylor, Kathy McDonald and Sly Stone, Diamanda Galás, Asylum Street Spankers, The Detroit Cobras, Oxbow feat. Marianne Faithful
"I Don't Play" – Robben Ford
"I Got My Brand on You" – Muddy Waters
"It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" – Styx
"I Want To Be Loved" – Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones
"Let Me Love You Baby" – Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, B. B. King
"Little Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, The Rolling Stones
"Little Red Rooster"[6] – Howlin' Wolf, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Luther Allison, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Big Mama Thornton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Love, Life & Money" – Johnny Winter
"Mellow Down Easy" – Little Walter & His Jukes, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Black Crowes, Carey Bell, ZZ Top, Jimmy Reed, Holly Golightly
"Million Dollar Baby" – Dizzy Gillespie
"My Babe"[6] – Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Spencer Davis Group, John P. Hammond, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fire and Drum Band
"My Baby's Sweeter" – Little Walter, Fleetwood Mac
"My Captain" – Muddy Waters
"My John the Conqueror Root" – Muddy Waters
"Nervous" – Willie Dixon
"Oh Baby" – Little Walter
"One More Chance With You" – Little Walter
"Pain In My Heart" – Willie Dixon, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Grateful Dead
"Pie in the Sky" – Willie Dixon
"Pretty Thing" – Bo Diddley, Pretty Things, Canned Heat
"Seventh Son" – Willie Mabon, Mose Allison, Bill Haley, Johnny Rivers, Sting, Climax Blues Band, Long John Baldry
"Same Thing" – The Band
"Sin And City" – Buddy Guy
"Shake For Me" – Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Sit and Cry (The Blues)" – Buddy Guy (co-written with Buddy Guy)
"Spoonful"[6] – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Dion, Paul Butterfield, Cream, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Ten Years After, The Who, Etta James Salty Dog
"Study War No More" – Willie Dixon
"The Same Thing" – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, George Thorogood, The Allman Brothers Band, Sue Foley, Marc Ford, Grateful Dead
"The Seventh Son" – Willie Dixon
"Study No More" – Willie Dixon
"Third Degree" – Eddie Boyd, Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton, Leslie West
"Tollin' Bells" – Lowell Fulson, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Robert Cray
"Too Late" – Little Milton, Little Walter
"Too Many Cooks" – Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Mick Jagger
"Violent Love" – Otis Rush, The Big Three, Oingo Boingo, Dr. Feelgood
"Walkin' The Blues" – Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, John Kay
"Wang Dang Doodle"[6] – Koko Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Grateful Dead, Savoy Brown, Box Tops, PJ Harvey, Rufus Thomas, The Pointer Sisters, The Blues Band, Widespread Panic
"Weak Brain, Narrow Mind" – Willie Dixon, Widespread Panic
"When My Left Eye Jumps" – Buddy Guy
"When The Lights Go Out" – Jimmy Witherspoon, Kim Wilson
"Who" – Little Walter
"Wigglin' Worm" – Willie Dixon
"You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At Its Cover" – Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Cactus, The Yardbirds, Beat Farmers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tim Hardin, The Merseybeats, Elliott Murphy, Long John Baldry, The Monkees, Eric Clapton, Roy Buchanan.
"You Don't Love Me" – Booker T. & the M.G.s, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills
"You Know My Love" – Otis Rush, Gary Moore
"You'll Be Mine" – Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dr. Feelgood
"You Need Love" – Muddy Waters, Mick Clark Band
"Whole Lotta Love" – Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" was appropriated, without credit, from Dixon's "You Need Love". Although the main guitar riff was composed by Jimmy Page himself, Robert Plant based the lyrics on Dixon's song. Dixon and his music publisher received credit and royalties, after a 1985 lawsuit was settled out of court.
"You Need Loving" recorded by The Small Faces in 1965, is another uncredited loose version of the song
"You Shook Me"[9] – Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin
"Young Fashioned Ways" – Muddy Waters
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You may also see Willie Dixon & The Allstars and Chicago Blues Allstars on Last.fm.
I Don't Trust Nobody
Willie Dixon Lyrics
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The old folks told me long time ago,
Don't trust nobody that I don′t know.
I don't trust nobody,
Not even myself.
Well, I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
I don′t trust my sister don't trust my brother.
Don′t trust my father don't trust my mother.
Don′t trust the baby, don't trust the man.
I don′t trust a doggone thing.
I I don't trust the judge, don't trust the police.
Don′t trust the President, neither the priest.
I don′t trust the bus, don't trust the plane.
I don′t trust a doggone thing.
I don't trust nobody,
Not even myself.
Well, I don′t trust you and I don't trust nobody else.
I′ve been at school many times a fool.
Tryin' to be cool, I was always used.
I don't trust nothin′ not even myself.
I don′t trust you and nobody else.
I don't trust the woman, don′t trust the man.
I don't trust the enemy, neither the plan.
I don′t trust man and I don't trust you.
I don′t trust even none of you.
I don't trust nobody,
Not even myself.
Well, I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
I don′t trust my son, don't trust my daughter.
Don′t trust the bread, don't trust the water.
I don′t trust even none of us.
I don't trust nobody,
Not even myself.
Now I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
I don′t trust nobody.
I don't trust nobody.
I don′t trust nobody, not even myself.
Well, I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
The song “I Don’t Trust Nobody” by Willie Dixon is a blues song about paranoia and the inability to trust anyone. The song speaks to behavior often learned over time and impacted by life experiences. The opening stanza speaks to the adage of not trusting strangers, specifically those unknown. The distrustful nature addressed in the song builds with every line that the singer sings. There is a sense of fear that has built up, and it is evident in the lyrics. The love and trust of family, even immediate, are lost, as well as a feeling of extreme mistrust towards the system.
The song speaks to deep-rooted mistrust as well as the sense of betrayal that can come when trust is broken. The singer has become incredibly paranoid, not trusting even themselves at this point. The song is an interesting study of how emotions can take over and how experiences can shape how people interact with the world around them. The singer’s inability to trust extends from strangers to family, and the distrust spans not only individuals but institutions from the police to the government, to the bus and plane.
Overall, the song expresses an overall sense of fear and mistrust towards life and society. The words make it clear that the singer is not just paranoid, and the song's message is one that remains relevant over time.
Line by Line Meaning
The old folks told me long time ago,
As a young person, the singer was taught by older generations to never trust strangers.
Don't trust nobody that I don′t know.
The singer follows the advice they were given and refuses to trust anyone they don't have a personal relationship with.
I don't trust nobody,
The singer repeats their distrust in others, emphasizing their deep suspicion of everyone.
Not even myself.
The artist doesn't even trust themselves, implying they may have made mistakes in the past.
Well, I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
The chorus is repeated, emphasizing the artist's general lack of trust in other people.
I don′t trust my sister don't trust my brother.
The singer extends their lack of trust even to close family members.
Don′t trust my father don't trust my mother.
The singer includes their own parents in their list of people they can't trust.
Don′t trust the baby, don't trust the man.
The artist distrusts people of all ages, even babies.
I don′t trust a doggone thing.
The artist is so suspicious that they can't even trust physical objects.
I don't trust the judge, don't trust the police.
The artist believes that even authority figures like judges and police officers are not worthy of their trust.
Don′t trust the President, neither the priest.
The singer extends their distrust to the highest levels of government and organized religion.
I don′t trust the bus, don't trust the plane.
The artist is so distrusting that they won't even trust modes of transportation.
I don't trust nobody,
Again, the singer repeats their general lack of trust in others.
Not even myself.
The singer is so paranoid that they don't even trust their own judgment or actions.
Well, I don′t trust you and I don't trust nobody else.
The chorus is repeated to drive home the singer's lack of faith in anyone.
I′ve been at school many times a fool.
The artist admits to making mistakes in the past, perhaps indicating that they have been burned by trusting the wrong people.
Tryin' to be cool, I was always used.
The artist tried to fit in with others and be well-liked, but it ended up backfiring and causing them to feel like they were taken advantage of.
I don't trust nothin′ not even myself.
Again, the singer emphasizes their distrust, even of things or people they thought they knew.
I don′t trust you and nobody else.
The singer is all alone in their mistrust of the world.
I don't trust the woman, don′t trust the man.
The artist refuses to trust people of any gender.
I don't trust the enemy, neither the plan.
The artist doesn't trust their enemies or even their own plans.
I don′t trust man and I don't trust you.
The artist once again refuses to trust mankind as a whole, emphasizing their disconnect from others.
I don′t trust even none of you.
The singer specifies that they don't trust any individual in their audience or listening to the song.
Now I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
The artist's distrust remains constant, and they emphasize that it will not change.
I don′t trust nobody.
The singer reiterates yet again that they do not trust anyone.
I don't trust nobody.
The same message is repeated once more for emphasis.
I don′t trust nobody, not even myself.
The singer emphasizes their lack of trust in themselves and others one final time.
Well, I don't trust you and I don′t trust nobody else.
The chorus is repeated one last time, fully emphasizing the artist's deep-seated mistrust of the world around them.
Writer(s): Willie Dixon, Eddie Shaw
Contributed by Savannah H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.