Original Sam & Dave version
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Everybody, come on and clap your hands, will you? |
| Sam Moore: | Oh, yeah |
| Dave Prater: | Just for me, now |
| Sam Moore: | Yeah! |
| Dave Prater: | I like it like that |
| Do it! | |
| Sam Moore: | That's all right |
| Moore and Prater: | Soothe me, baby, soothe me |
| Soothe me with your kindness | |
| For, you know, your powerful loving is | |
| Soothing to me | |
| Sam Moore: | One more time, Dave! |
| Moore and Prater: | Soothe me, baby, soothe me |
| Soothe me with your kindness | |
| For, you know, your powerful loving is | |
| Soothing to me | |
| Sam Moore: | Oh, yeah! |
| Dave Prater: | Let me hear! |
| Dave Prater: | How I used to ramble, ha, ha! |
| And how I used to roam | |
| Oh, since I met this baby of mine | |
| And all I do is stay at home | |
| Sam Moore: | Everybody, now! |
| Moore and Prater: | Soothe me, baby, soothe me |
| Soothe me with your kindness | |
| Sam Moore: | Ha! |
| Moore and Prater: | For, you know, your powerful loving is |
| Soothing to me | |
| Sam Moore: | Now, listen to me! |
| I used to have a lot of girls | |
| Have them, big and small | |
| Since I met this baby of mine | |
| I don't know no other girl at all | |
| Yeah! | |
| Moore and Prater: | Soothe me, baby, soothe me |
| Soothe me with your kindness | |
| For, you know, your powerful loving is | |
| Soothing to me | |
| Dave Prater: | Oh, yeah |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Ooh |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | I want you to soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Just soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Come on, now, listen to this again |
| Sam Moore: | Oh, yeah |
| Dave Prater: | That's it, come on, now, put your hands together |
| Sam Moore: | Yeah |
| Dave Prater: | Everybody, come on, now and |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Baby |
| Dave Prater: | Baby |
| Sam Moore: | You got to soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | You got soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | And when it's cold |
| Dave Prater: | Oh, yeah, you've got to |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | You got to |
| Sam Moore: | Soothe me |
| Dave Prater: | Soothe me |
| Sam Moore: | Oh, yeah... |
SOOTHE ME is a song written by Sam Cooke. Sam & Dave released a live version of the song, recorded on-tour in Paris, as a single in May 1967. The above lyrics are for the original Sam & Dave version of SOOTHE ME as released in 1967.
Bruce Springsteen occasionally performed SOOTHE ME live between 1975 and 1977. He also used a snippet of the song in A LOVE SO FINE during the Born To Run Tour, TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT during The Reunion Tour, and MARY'S PLACE during The Rising Tour.
Though the song was originally released by Simms Twins in 1961 (see the original Simms Twins version), it is Sam & Dave's live 1967 recording of the song that Bruce Springsteen was likely familiar with.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of SOOTHE ME on this website:
SOOTHE ME [Live 13 Oct 1977 version]