( Steve Cropper & Otis Redding )
You call me mr. Pitiful
Baby thats my name now, oh
They call me mr. Pitiful
Thats how i got my fame
But people just don`t understand, now
What makes a man feel so blue, now
coh, they call me mr pitiful
Cause i lost someone just like you, now
They call me mr. Pitiful
This everybody know, now
They call me mr. Pitiful
Most everyplace i go
But nobody seem to understand, now
How can a man sing such a sad song, now
Ooh, when he lost everything
When he lost everything that he had
How can i explain to you
How somebody con get so very blue, now
How can i tell you about my past
When the whole thing won`t end
Mr pitiful
Thats my name, now
They call me mr. Pitiful
Thats how i got my fame
But nobody seems to understand, now
Oh, what make a man feel so blue, now
They call me mr. Pitiful
Cause i'm in love with you, now
Can i explain it to you
Everything is going wrong
I`ve lost everything i had
And i have to sing these sad songs
To get back to her
And i want you
And i want you
And i want you
And i want you
And i want to tell you, my love,
everything's going through my mind
Things i've been singing
And i don't want to sing this song to you
Tonight, i'm going to sing this song to everybody
Redding nacque nella cittadina di Dawson in Georgia. Quando aveva cinque anni la sua famiglia si trasferì a Macon, sempre in Georgia. Cantava nel coro della Chiesa Battista di Vineville e divenne una specie di celebrità locale vincendo il concorso per giovani talenti del sabato sera per quindici settimane consecutive. Nel 1960 Redding iniziò a girare il Sud insieme a Johnny Jenkins e i Pinetoppers. Quello stesso anno incise i suoi primi dischi, She's All Right e Shout Banalana, con questo gruppo, col nome di "Otis and The Shooters". Nel 1962 lasciò la sua prima traccia sulla scena discografica durante una sessione di registrazione di Johnny Jenkins, incidendo These Arms of Mine, una ballata composta da Redding stesso. La canzone divenne un piccolo successo della Volt Records, una sussidiaria della famosa etichetta del "Southern soul" Stax, di Memphis nel Tennessee. Suo manager era Phil Walden, anch'egli di Macon, che in seguito fondò la Capricorn Records. Otis Redding continuò a
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