Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues (Recorded 1928)
I woke up this morning
with awful aching head
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
So he could grind my coffee
Cause he had a brand new grind
He's a deep-sea diver,
With a stroke that can't go wrong
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, he's got a new way of loving
Almost takes my breath away
Oh, he's got that sweet something
And I told my girlfriend Lou
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
My springs are gettin' rusty
Sleepin' single like I do
Bought him a blanket
Pillow for his head at night
And I bought him a mattress
So he could lay just right
He came home one evening
With his spirit way up high
What he had to give me
Made me ring my hands and cry
He give me a lesson
That I never had before
When he got through teachin' me
From my elbow down was sore
He boiled my first cabbage
And he made it awful hot
When he put in the bacon
It overflowed the pot
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
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