This song is a cover, originally performed by the band Crow on the 1969 album Crow Music. The lyrics are about a cheating girlfriend or wife. Guitarist Tony Iommi has said the band covered the song, which was an American hit song at the time, only because their manager told them to record something...
[Verse 1]
I see the look of evil in your eyes
You've been filling me all full of lies
Sorrow will not change your shameful deeds
You will bear someone else's fertile seed
[Chorus]
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
[Verse 2]
Now I know just what you're looking for
You want me to claim this child you bore
Well, you know that it was he, not me
And you know the way it's got to be
[Chorus]
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil woman, don't you play your games with
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
[Verse 3]
Wickedness lies in your moistened lips
Your body moves just like the crack of a whip
Black cat sleeps on top of your stained bed
Don't you wish that you could see me dead?
[Chorus]
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil woman, don't you play your games with me
Evil Woman was written by Larry Wiegand & Dick Wiegand & David Wagner.
Evil Woman was produced by Rodger Bain.
Black Sabbath released Evil Woman on Fri Feb 13 1970.
Black Sabbath’s first single, “Evil Woman, Don’t You Play Your Games With Me,” was released right at the beginning of the 70s. But it flopped.
We were glad. Have you ever heard the original? It was by a band called Crow. We did it because the record company [Fontana] didn’t know what the fuck Sabba...