Bessie Smith Down-hearted Blues Lyrics

Down-hearted Blues Lyrics

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 mens 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.