Too Mean To Cry Blues
Iva Smith * Track #193 On The Paramount Project Volume 5 (12400-12499)
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Too Mean To Cry Blues by Iva Smith
Performed by
Iva SmithToo Mean To Cry Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My sweetheart left me this morning without a word of warning
Just as day was dawning, expressman at my door
Said he had come to get Mr. Brown
Just as he said he wasn't comin' back home anymore
I thought I'd be grieving because my man was leaving
'Cause men are so deceiving, I'm kinda glad he's gone
But there is a thing or two I must confess to you
I've been feelin' blue all day long
[Chorus]
I've got the blues
But I'm too mean to cry
Now what's the use in grievin'
When your man is leavin'
It wouldn't do one bit of good
[?] your womanhood
'Cause he went away
And he never even said goodbye, oh
I've got the blues but I'm just too mean to cry
[Chorus]
Lord, yes, I've got the blues
But I'm too mean to cry
Now what's the use in grievin'
When my man was leavin'
It wouldn't do one bit of good
[?] your womanhood
'Cause he went away
And he never even said goodbye, oh
[Verse 2]
Tell me, brownskin, who could your good gal be
Come here and tell me, papa, who could your good gal be
'Cause if you ain't got nobody, honey, please take me, oh
[Outro]
I've got the blues but I'm just too mean to cry