THINKIN' BLUES
Bessie Smith  1928

Bessie Smith   rec Feb 9th 1928 New York


Did you ever sit thinkin' with a thousand things on your mind,
Did you ever sit thinkin' with a thousand things on your mind,
Thinkin' about someone who has treated you so nice and kind?

Then you'll get an old letter and you'll begin to weep,
You'll get an old letter and you'll begin to weep,
Got the blues so bad, tell that man o' mine I wanna sleep!

Don't you hear me baby, knockin' on your door,
Don't you hear me baby, knockin' on your door,
Have you got the nerve to drive me from your door?

Have you got the nerve to say that you don't want me no more?
Have you got the nerve to say that you don't want me no more?
The good book says you got to reap what you sow!

Take me back baby, try me one more time,
Take me back baby, try me one more time,
That's the only way I can get these thinkin' blues off my mind!









(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2009)