[00:00.45]Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) - Bessie Smith [00:05.73]When my bed get empty [00:08.49]Make me feel awful mean and blue [00:17.07]When my bed get empty [00:20.05]Make me feel awful mean and blue [00:28.67]My springs are getting rusty [00:32.56]Sleeping single like I do [00:40.51]Bought him a blanket [00:43.14]Pillow for his head at night [00:51.77]Bought him a blanket [00:54.53]Pillow for his head at night [01:02.53]Then I bought him a mattress [01:06.03]So he could lay just right [01:14.01]He came home one evening [01:16.90]With his spirit way up high [01:25.23]He came home one evening [01:28.29]With his spirit way up high [01:36.49]What he had to give me [01:39.49]Make me wring my hands and cry [01:47.80]He give me a lesson [01:50.69]That I never had before [01:59.74]He give me a lesson [02:02.37]That I never had before [02:10.25]When he got to teachin' me [02:12.98]From my elbow down was sore [02:21.70]He boiled my first cabbage [02:24.95]And he made it awful hot [02:32.91]He boiled my first cabbage [02:35.77]And he made it awful hot [02:44.23]When he put in the bacon [02:47.28]It overflowed the pot [02:55.66]When you git good lovin' [02:58.72]Never go and spread the news [03:07.18]Yes he'll double cross you [03:10.43]And leave you with them empty bed blues