Tytuł: Empty bed blues

• Wykonawca: Bessie Smith
• Wyświetleń: 256

Verse 1
   I woke up this morning
   with awful aching head
   (Repeat)
   My new man had left me
   Just a room and an empty bed
   Bought me a coffee grinder,
   Got the best one I could find
   (Repeat)
   So he could grind my coffee
   Cause he had a brand new grind
   Verse 2
   He’s a deep-sea diver,
   With a stroke that can’t go wrong
   (Repeat)
   He can touch the bottom,
   And his wind holds out so long
   He knows how to thrill me
   And he thrills me night and day
   Oh…
   (Repeat)
   He’s got a new way of loving,
   Almost takes my breath away
   Verse 3
   Oh, he’s got that sweet something
   And I told my girlfriend Lou
   (Repeat)
   But the way she’s ravin’
   She must have gone and tried it too
   When my bed get empty
   Make me feel awful mean and blue
   (Repeat)
   My springs are getting’ rusty
   Sleepin’ single like I do
   Verse 4
   Bought him a blanket
   Pillow for his head at night
   (Repeat)
   And I bought him a mattress
   So he could lay just right
   He came home one evening
   With his spirit way up high
   (Repeat)
   What he had to give me
   Made me ring my hands and cry
   Verse 5
   He give me a lesson
   That I never had before
   (Repeat)
   When he got through teachin’ me
   From my elbow down was sore
   He boiled my first cabbage
   And he made it awful hot
   (Repeat)
   When he put in the bacon
   It overflowed the pot
   Verse 6
   When you get good lovin’
   Never go and spread the news
   It’ll build up to cross you
   And leave you with them empty bed blues