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Composer: J.C. Johnson

Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues lyrics



I woke up this morning with a awful aching head
I woke up this morning with a awful aching head
My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed

Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find
Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find
Oh 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's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong
He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so long

He knows how to thrill me and he thrills me night and day
Oh he knows how to thrill me, he thrills me night and day
He's got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath away

Lord he's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou
He's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou
From the way she's raving, she must have gone and tried it too

(Part 2:)

When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue
When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue
My springs are getting rusty, sleeping single like I do

Bought him a blanket, pillow for his head at night
Bought him a blanket, pillow for his head at night
Then I bought him a mattress so he could lay just right

He came home one evening with his beret way up high
He came home one evening with his beret way up high
What he had to give me, make me wring my hands and cry

He give me a lesson that I never had before
He give me a lesson that I never had before
When he got to teachin' me, from my elbow down was sore

He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot
He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot
When he put in the bacon, it overflowed the pot
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Songs list of album: Empty Bed Blues, Vol. 4: Original Recordings 1927-1928 (2004)
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01    Alexander's Ragtime Band lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    Muddy Water lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    After You've Gone lyrics Add lyrics   -
04    There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Them's Graveyard Words lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Sweet Mistreater lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Lock and Key lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Foolish Man Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   Thinking Blues lyrics   -
11    I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Standin' in the Rain Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    It Won't Be You lyrics Add lyrics   -
15   Empty Bed Blues lyrics   -
16    Please Help Me Get Him off My Mind lyrics Add lyrics   -
17    Washwoman's Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
18    Devil's Gonna Get You lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    Yes Indeed He Do lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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