Any Woman's Blues

by Lovie Austin recording of June 1923 from Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923) (Document 5322) My man ain't acting right He stays out late at night But still he says he loves no one but me But if I find the gal That's trying to steal my pal I'll get her told, just you wait and see I feel so blue, don't know what to do Every woman in my place is bound to feel blue too Lord, I love my man better than I love myself I love my man better than I love myself And if he don't have me, he sure won't have nobody else My man's got teeth like a lighthouse in the sea My man's got teeth like a lighthouse in the sea And every time he smiles, he throws his light on me His voice sounds like chimes, I mean the organ kind His voice sounds like chimes, I mean the organ kind And every time he speaks, it's music to my troubled mind I'm gonna buy myself a graveyard of my own I'm gonna buy myself a graveyard of my own Gonna kill somebody if they don't let my man alone

 

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