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Down Hearted Blues Lyrics by Bessie Smith

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1

1923

Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you!
I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, 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 me 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 like trouble 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, 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 comin' 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 gonna hold it until you meet some of my demands
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About “Down Hearted Blues” by Bessie Smith

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"Down Hearted Blues" is credited to Bessie Smith. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Down Hearted Blues" appears on "The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1" in 1923.

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