Skip James - Sick Bed Blues Lyrics
Layin' sick, honey, an in my bedI'm layin' sick, honey, an in my bedI'm layin' sick, honey an in my bedI used to have some friendsBut they wished that I were deadIn awful pain an deep in miseryAwful pain an deep in miseryAwful pain an deep in miseryI ain't got nobodyTo come and see about meEv'ry dog, baby, got a dayEv'ry dog, baby, got a dayEv'ry dog, baby, got a dayBut I said, 'Please, don't you treat me this-a way'The doctor came, lookin' very sadThe doctor came, lookin' very sadYour doctor came, lookin' very sadHe diagnosed my caseAnd said it was awful badHe walked away, mumblin' very lowHe walked away, mumblin' very lowHe walked away, mumblin' very lowHe said, 'May get betterBut he never get well, no mo'I hollered, 'Oh Lord, Lord, Lordy, LordOh Lordy, Lord, Lord, Lord'Oh Lordy, Lord, Lord, Lord'I been so badly misusedAn treated just like a dogI've got a long tripAnd I'm just too weak to rideI got a long tripAnd I'm just too weak to rideI got a long tripAn I'm just too weak to rideNow it's a thousand peopleStandin' at my bedsideYou take a stoneYou can bruise my boneYou take stoneAnd you can bruise my boneYou take a stoneAnd you can bruise my boneBut you sho' gon' miss meWhen I'm dead and goneI been over a oceanAn I've been across a seaBeen over a oceanAn I been across a seaBeen over a oceanAnd I been across the seaI ain't found nobodyWould feel my sympathy.~
