Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Lyrics: Otis Redding

These arms of mine
They are lonely
Lonely and feeling blue
These arms of mine
They are yearning
Yearning from wanting you

And if you
Would let them
Hold you
Oh, how grateful I will be

These arms of mine
They are burning
Burning from wanting you
These arms of mine
They are wanting
Wanting to hold you

And if you
Would let them hold you
Oh, how grateful I will be

Come on, come on baby
Just be my little woman
Just be my lover, oh
I need me somebody, somebody
To treat me right, oh

Oh, I need your arms
Loving arms to hold me tight
And I-I-I need your, I need your tender lips to
Hold me, tell me when I′m alright now
Baby...

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These Arms Of Mine was the first track that Otis recorded at Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. It was released as a single in 1962 (Volt/Stax Records)
The song was later included on the album 'Pain In My Heart', released in 1964 (Atlantic/ATKO Records

Guitar: Johnny Jenkins, Steve Cropper
Bass Guitar: Lewie Steinberg
Drums: Al Jackson, Jr.
Tenor Saxophone: Charles "Packy" Axton
Baritone Saxophone: Floyd Newman
Piano: Booker T. Jones
Organ: Booker T. Jones

Stax Museum:
web.archive.org/web/20111014184737/http://www.staxmuseum.com/about/artists/view/otis-redding

Otis Redding Vault:
otisredding.artist-vault.com/m/#&panel1-2
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Video created from edited segments of the Jean Genet short film, Un Chant D'amour (1950) 'A Song Of Love'
Starring: Java, André Reybaz

Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/JeanGenetUnChantDamour