this song was written by john lee hooker about his wife her name is maudie everytime he has an arguement with her he has to write a new verse to keep her happy he was over here at london a short while back and he taught me this song oh maudie baby i love you mmm baby i love you yeah you ve been gone so long girl i miss you so oh maudie why did you hurt me mmm maudie i said why did you hurt me you know i need your sweet lovin like a flower needs the rain sometimes when they d have an argument he d take her by the hand and say maudie you know i love you you know i need you and i got just one thing to say baby ho hey maudie baby don t you know i love you oh maudie i said baby don t you know i love you i ve been gone so long god i miss you so much sometimes johns old lady she d turn around to him and say john if you don t quit your messin around baby i m gonna walk right outta that door with my bag in my hand john would say hey well maudie sweet little girl baby oh maudie be my sweet little girl baby when you touch my hand my head is all in a whirl now baby i love you maudie i said i love you maudie oh love you maudie ooh love you maudie you know i need i need i need need yeah i said maudie baby i love you oh maudie baby i love you i love you maudie you ve been gone so long how i ve missed you too much i love you