[4] The song is a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues that features Tampa Red playing jazz-inflected single-note guitar fills behind his vocals.

Blind John Davis provided the piano accompaniment with an unidentified bass player and, as a throwback to his earlier days, Red added a twelve-bar kazoo solo.

[3] He used most of Tampa Red's lyrics and, although there is a full backing band, his trademark piano accompaniment dominates the recording.

Domino received sole credit for the song, as did Chuck Berry when he recorded a rock and roll version for his 1961 album New Juke-Box Hits.

[3] In 1962, Albert King recorded "Don't You Lie to Me" as "I Get Evil" (Bobbin 135), which was included on his first album The Big Blues.