Bessie Smith - Chicago Bound Blues (2005) by Bessie Smith (보컬) on maniadb.com

Gee, but it's hard to love someone
When that someone don't love you
I'm so disgusted, heartbroken, too
I've got those down hearted blues

Once I was crazy 'bout a man
He mistreated me all the time
The next man I get has got
To promise to be mine, all mine

Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days
It seems that trouble's going to follow me to my grave

I ain't never loved but three men in my life
I ain't never loved but three men in my life
My Father, my brother and the man that wrecked my life

It may be a week, it may be a month or two
It may be a week, it may be a month or two
But the day you quit me honey, it's coming home to you

I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand
I'm going to hold it until you didn't come under my command

Stop rollin' them bones & listen to me;

I had a gamblin' man
he's hard to understand
he just give me worries and goin' around
he was scheming to his dice
couldn't give him no advice
he followed the deal on down

he was a gambler
i mean he was a gambler
and he'd always lay his money down
if he win or if he lose
he would never sing the blues
he followed the deal on down

he took sick the other day
and his bills i had to pay
none of his good friends could be found
not a penny to his name
of course he's not to blame
lord, he followed the deal on down

he was a gambler
yes he was a gambler
and he would always go from town to town
gamblin' life he'd crave
it lays a poor boy in his grave
he followed the deal on down

Some folks the're always crying
Crying their mean old blues
Not Me, you never even see me frown.
Some folks just walk around tryin'
Tryin' hard love to loose,
But I felt let it come the better let it burn
I'm the happiest gal in the town

Easy come easy go
Nothing ever worries me,
Care for none, eyes of stone
Don't know misery.

If my man be trouble, Or if he don't
I'll get someone to love me anytime you want
Easy come easy go
Right from my head to my shoes
Don't wanna be no skinny vamp or nothing like that
Daddy always knows just where his sweet Mama's at
I'm overflowin' with those easy come, easy go blues.

He'll swallows me up, when he's lovin; hear what I've said
Believe me I go out to lick him 'most everyday
I'm overflowin' with those easy come, easy go blues.

Late last night, I sold away and cried
Late last night, I sold away and cried
Had the blues for Chicago, I just can't be satisfied

Blues on my brain, my tongue refused to talk
Blues on my brain, my tongue refused to talk
I was followin' my daddy but my feet refuses to walk

Mean old fireman, cruel old engineer
Lord mean old fireman, cruel old engineer
You took my man and left his mama standing here

Big red headline, tomorrow Defender news
Big red headline, tomorrow Defender news
"Woman dead down home, these old Chicago blues"
I said blues

If you catch me stealin', I don't mean no harm
If you catch me stealin', I don't mean no harm
It's a mark in my family and it must be carryin' on
I got nineteen men and won't want more
I got nineteen men and won't want more
If I had one more I'd let that nineteen go
It's hard to love another woman's man
It's hard to love another woman's man
You catch him when you want him, you got to catch him when you can
Have you ever seen a peaches grow on sweet potato vine??
Have you ever seen a peaches grow on sweet potato vine ??
Just step in my backyard and take a peep at mine
I'm gonna tell you, daddy, like Solomon ?told the Jew
I'm gonna tell you, daddy, like Solomon told the Jew
If you don't like-ee me, I sure don't like-ee you

Don't bring no ghosts in the front, hurry 'em round to the backdoor!?
This house is so haunted with dead men I can't lose?
This house is so haunted with dead men I can't lose
And a sneaky old feeling gives me those haunted house blues
I can't sleep no more, I done lost my appetite
I can't sleep no more, done lost my appetite
'Cause my mistreating daddy hangs around me day and night?
He moans when I'm sleeping, he wakes me at 2 a.m.?
He moans when I'm sleeping, he wakes me at 2 a.m.?
And he makes me swear I'll have no other man but him?
Now I'm so worried and I'm blue all the time?
Now I'm so worried and I'm blue all the time?
Go tell the undertaker to fix that old coffin of mine
Lord, help us to get right!
I'm scared to stay here, I'm scared to leave this town
I'm scared to stay here, I'm scared to leave this town?
But a feeling just tells me to burn this house on down?
Tear this house on down

Tillie Brown was a dancing fool?
Spent her time in a dancing school?
When the band would play
Tillie would start right in to sway
First one out on the ballroom floor?
She never got enough, she just craved for more?
When she start to sway?
All the girls and boys would say?
Whoa, Tillie, take your time
Whoa, Tillie, take your time
There ain't no use to hurrying 'cause you wanna prance
You've got all night to do that dance
Whoa, Tillie, lay 'em down?
Whoa, Tillie Brown?
You don't know what to shake?
When you shake?
What to break
Whoa, Tillie, take your time
Whoa, Tillie, take your time
Whoa, Tillie, take your time?
There ain't no use to hurrying 'cause you wanna prance?
Look out there, Tillie, you got all night to do that dance
Whoa, Tillie, lay 'em down?Whoa, Tillie, Tillie Brown?
You don't know what to shake?When you shake
What to break?
Whoa, Tillie, take your time

Hey boweavil, don't sing them blues no more
Hey boweavil, don't sing them blues no more
Boweavil's here, boweavil's everywhere you go

I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time
I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time
For to sing this song, to ease boweavil's troublin' mind

I don't want no sugar, put into my tea
I don't want no sugar, put into my tea
The mens are so evil, I'm scared they might poison me

I went down town
I bought myself a hat
I brought it back home
I laid it on the shelf
I looked in my bedroom
Tired sleepin' by myself
I'm tired sleepin' by myself

Back in Black Mountain, a child will smack your face
Back in Black Mountain, a child will smack your face
Babies cryin' for liquor, and all the birds sing bass

Black Mountain people are bad as they can be
Black Mountain people are bad as they can be
They uses gunpowder just to sweeten their tea

Back in Black Mountain, can't keep a man in jail
Back in Black Mountain, can't keep a man in jail
If the jury finds him guilty, the judge'll throw they bail

Had a man in Black Mountain, sweetest man in town
Had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in town
He met a city gal, and he throwed me down

I'm bound for Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun
Lord, I'm bound for Black Mountain, me and my razor and gun
I'm gonna shoot him if he stands still, and cut him if he runs

Down in Black Mountain, they all shoot quick and straight
Down in Black Mountain, they all shoot quick and straight
The bullet'll get you, if you start dodgin' too late

Got the devil in my soul, and I'm full of bad booze
Got the devil in my soul, and I'm full of bad booze
I'm out here for trouble, I've got the Black Mountain blues

Note: I'm unsure of the underlined/blank lyrics-- any idea?

to provide money for someone's bail is to "throw" their (they) bail.