My man don't love me Treats me oh so mean My man, he don't love me Treats me awful mean He's the lowest man That I've ever seen He wears high-draped
Up in Harlem every saturday night Were the highbrows get together, just to write They all congregate at an allnite hack What they do is ooh papa dah
Them that's god shall get Them that's not shall lose So the bible says And it still is news Momma may have Poppa may have But God bless the child That
new? Stop haunting me now Can't shake you no how Just leave me alone I've got those monday blues Straight through sunday blues Goodmorning heartache
I cried for you Now it's your turn to cry over me Every road has a turning That's one thing I'm learning I cried for you What a fool I used to be Now
Lady sings the blues She got them bad She feels so sad Wants the world to know Just what the blues is all about The blues ain't nothing But a pain
I don't know why But I'm feeling so sad I long to try Something I never had Never had no kissing Ooh, what I've been missing Lover man oh, where can
into Them there eyes 'Cause you have a certain Little cute way of flirting with Them there eyes They make me feel so happy They make me feel so blue
Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the roots Black bodies swingin' in the southern breeze Strange fruit hangin' from
Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big and strong The man I love And when he comes my way I'll do my best to make him stay He'll look
Ooh, what a little moonlight can do Ooh, what a little moonlight can do to you You're in love Your hearts a flutter And all day long you only shutter
It's very clear Our love is here to stay Not for a year But ever and a day The radio And the telephone And the movies that we know May just be passing
There ain't nothin' I can do Or nothing I can say That folks don't criticize me But I'm gonna do what I want to anyway And I don't care just what people
It's caused me a lot But there's one thing that I got It's my man Cold and wet Tied you bet All of that I'll soon forget With my man He's not much
You've changed That sparkle in your eyes is gone Your smile is just a careless yawn You're breaking my heart You've changed You've changed Your kiss
my face while you shakin my hand Regardin business and shit, but wanna shit on my man Terror is here, Terrorist the powerful man I let the land sing the blues
: Lady sings the blues She got them bad She feels so sad Wants the world to know Just what the blues is all about The blues ain't nothing But a pain