Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Bessie Smith

Well baby won't you please come home? 'Cause your mama's all alone I'd tried in vain Never more, uh, to call your name I say, when you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every hour in the day you can hear your mommy say "Baby, baby won't you please come on home?" Lil baby won't you please, please come on home? 'Cause your mama's all alone I have tried in vain Never no more to call your name When you left, when you left, when you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every hour in the day you can hear me say "Baby want you please come home?" oh Baby won't you please, please come on home?

Baby, won't you please come home 'Cause you've left your daddy all alone I have tried in vain Never no more to call your name Since you left, you broke your daddy's heart That will never make us part Every hour in the day You can hear me say Oh, baby, baby, please come on home Come on home to your daddy, will you, darling, please Since you left, you broke your daddy's heart That will never make us part Every hour in the day You can hear me say Oh, baby, won't you please come home to your loving daddy Oh, baby won't you please come home

Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it Oh my Rosy, how I miss you You are all the world to me Take a look and see if you like it If you like it please come back Rosy won't you please come home? Since you've joined the upper classes You don't know us anymore Live and let your troubles pass Rosy, Rosy, will you write and tell me If you don't want to come back? I would sacrifice all I have To have a happy home once more Rosy won't you please come home? Two long years have passed away Since you tried to change your life Christmas wasn't quite the same Rosy, Rosy, got any answers? You are miles across the sea And I'll bake a cake if you tell me You are on the first plane home Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it Oh my Rosy, how I miss you You are all the world to me Take a look and see if you like it If you like it please come back Oh Rosy, will you please come back?

Well, won't you come home, Bill Bailey Won't you come home? I'm on the whole night long I'll do the cookin', honey I'll pay the rent I know I done you wrong Yeah, I remember that rainy evenin' I threw you out With nothin' but a fine-tooth comb Yeah, I know I'm to blame Well, ain't it a shame Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? Yeah, now won't you come home, Bill Bailey Won't you come home? I'm on the whole night long I'll do the cookin', honey I'll pay the rent I know I done you wrong Yeah now, remember that rainy evenin' I threw you out With nothin' but a fine-tooth comb Yeah, I know I'm to blame Well, ain't it a shame Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? Well, I remember that rainy evenin' I threw you out With nothin' but a fine-tooth comb I know I'm to blame Well, ain't it a shame Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?

Where did your fate go? Was I just to fall on my own? If this room was full of lies Is that how you fooled me with love? I see how you changed me, I know what you said It don't make me hate you, I wish that it did I'm, I'm trying to find words, trying to make sense If I don't try, where do I find the lies between the lines? Why does it hurt so much? Won't understand, no, I can't let this go Oh, you made plans now, you can't shut me down Ah, you're advanced, but you can't tell them now No, you can't tell them how You face the pain while your days are numbered You took the highway, you've done it always You hurt this woman, you put your needs first And I've heard this many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it got So much for you're my one and only You'd say that you were all mine You knew that your words were hard to stand by I was scared of change, but then I complied even though it hurt I stayed and now I'm glad you have it all But there's things that you can't buy Glad that you said sorry, but habits they die hard Why, you want to offer me love that you don't have? Loving you exhausted me, baby, and you charged, you charged I'll take the high road, I've done it always Our time is old, there's only one way You hurt this woman, you put your needs first It's played out many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it goes So much for you're my one and only (You had all of this) (Oh, you still search for bad) So much for you're my one and only (You fought all of this) (You don't even know how bad it got) So much for you're my one and only I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that