Bessie Smith – Empty Bed Blues lyrics

Verse 1
I woke up this morning
with awful aching head
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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My springs are getting? rusty
Sleepin? single like I do
Verse 4
Bought him a blanket
Pillow for his head at night
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And I bought him a mattress
So he could lay just right
He came home one evening
With his spirit way up high
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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
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When he got through teachin? me
From my elbow down was sore
He boiled my first cabbage
And he made it awful hot
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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