[00:00.00]Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith/Classic Blues Singers [00:12.85]I woke up this morning with a awful aching head [00:23.39]I woke up this morning with a awful aching head [00:35.07]My new man had left me [00:37.70]Just a room and a empty bed [00:45.50]Bought me a coffee grinder [00:48.46]That's the best one I could find [00:56.74]Bought me a coffee grinder [00:59.79]That's the best one I could find [01:07.53]Oh he could grind my coffee [01:10.70]Cause he had a brand new grind [01:18.89]He's a deep sea diver with a stroke [01:23.69]That can't go wrong [01:30.40]He's a deep sea diver with a stroke [01:34.73]That can't go wrong [01:41.58]He can stay at the bottom [01:44.27]And his wind holds out so long [01:52.86]He knows how to thrill me [01:55.64]And he thrills me night and day [02:03.70]Oh he knows how to thrill me [02:06.89]He thrills me night and day [02:14.49]He's got a new way of loving [02:17.42]Almost takes my breath away [02:26.01]Lord he's got that sweet something [02:28.96]And I told my girlfriend Lou [02:37.89]He's got that sweet something [02:40.23]And I told my girlfriend Lou [02:49.06]From the way she's raving [02:52.25]She must have gone and tried it too [03:05.63]When my bed get empty [03:08.45]Make me feel awful mean and blue [03:17.07]When my bed get empty [03:20.59]Make me feel awful mean and blue [03:28.70]My springs are getting rusty [03:32.51]Sleeping single like I do [03:40.32]Bought him a blanket [03:43.02]Pillow for his head at night [03:51.69]Bought him a blanket [03:54.39]Pillow for his head at night [04:02.47]Then I bought him a mattress [04:05.89]So he could lay just right [04:13.77]He came home one evening [04:16.84]With his beret way up high [04:25.06]He came home one evening [04:28.09]With his beret way up high [04:36.12]What he had to give me [04:39.15]Make me wring my hands and cry [04:47.71]He give me a lesson that I never had before [04:59.64]He give me a lesson that I never had before [05:10.13]When he got to teaching me [05:12.59]From my elbow down was sore [05:21.68]He poured my first cabbage [05:24.77]And he made it awful hot [05:32.79]He poured my first cabbage [05:35.94]And he made it awful hot [05:44.22]When he put in the bacon [05:47.42]It overflowed the pot