Bessie Smith Quotes

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No time to marry, no time to settle down;
I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.

Bessie Smith
It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

Bessie Smith
When my bed is empty,
Makes me feel awful mean and blue.
My springs are getting rusty,
Living single like I do.

Bessie Smith
My mind is like a rowboat out on the stormy sea, He's with me right now, in the morning, where will he be?

Bessie Smith
You can say what you please, you will miss me
There's a lot of things you are bound to see, When your friends forsake you and your money's gone
Then you'll look around, all your clothes in pawn
Down on your knees, you'll ask for me, There's no one else you will want to see Then you'll pray a prayer that men pray everywhere, Lord When your good woman is gone.

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Lord, I went to the gypsy to get my fortune told She said, "You in hard luck, doggone your bad luck soul."

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I don't mind being in jail, but I got to stay there so long, When every friend I had is done shook hands and gone.

Bessie Smith
Poor man's wife is starvin',
Your wife's livin' like a queen.

Bessie Smith
When it thunders and lightning, and the wind begin to blow There's thousands of people ain't got no place to go Backwater blues done caused me to pack my things and go 'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more.

Bessie Smith