[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