Gulf Coast Blues - Bessie Smith

With Bayou City at our heals And lightning sound behind the wheel By the time we get to Lafayette Aphrodite will place the bet Two lanes fall into the sun What's lost is lost What's won is won And when this day is done We're just Gulf Coast gypsies on the run Baton Rouge to New Orleans Tumbling dice and evergreen Making our way from town to town One of these days we might settle down Yeah, one of these days we might settle down Two strings set to come unwind What's lost is lost What's found is found And when this day is done We're just Gulf Coast gypsies on the run Gulf Coast gypsies on the run We're just Gulf Coast gypsies on the run What's lost is lost What's won is won Gulf Coast gypsies on the run Gulf Coast gypsies on the run We're just Gulf Coast gypsies on the run What's lost is lost What's won is won Gulf Coast gypsies on the run Gulf Coast gypsies on the run

Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails He worked the rice fields with their cold, dark wells He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico The only thing we've ever owned is this old house here by the road And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing And we'll fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring She walked through springtime when I was home The days were sweet, our nights were warm The seasons changed, the jobs would come The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone When the work took me away And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing And she will fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring Highway 90, the jobs are gone We tend our garden, we set the sun This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow And once a year they come and go At this old house here by the road And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away together Come some sweet blue bonnet spring

Won't you Give me something But I know I know Weightless With no patience I'm wrong I'm wrong I don't Remember My home My home Have you Given nothing I know I know From in & out A space within Your own Your own You can't go back To where we've been You know You know

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