Empty Bed Blues lyrics

Verse 1

I woke up this morning

with awful aching head

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My new man had left me

Just a room and an empty bed

Bought me a coffee grinder,

Got the best one I could find

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So he could grind my coffee

Cause he had a brand new grind

Verse 2

He’s a deep-sea diver,

With a stroke that can’t go wrong

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He can touch the bottom,

And his wind holds out so long

He knows how to thrill me

And he thrills me night and day

Oh…

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He’s got a new way of loving,

Almost takes my breath away

Verse 3

Oh, he’s got that sweet something

And I told my girlfriend Lou

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But the way she’s ravin’

She must have gone and tried it too

When my bed get empty

Make me feel awful mean and blue

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My springs are getting’ rusty

Sleepin’ single like I do

Verse 4

Bought him a blanket

Pillow for his head at night

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And I bought him a mattress

So he could lay just right

He came home one evening

With his spirit way up high

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What he had to give me

Made me ring my hands and cry

Verse 5

He give me a lesson

That I never had before

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When he got through teachin’ me

From my elbow down was sore

He boiled my first cabbage

And he made it awful hot

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When he put in the bacon

It overflowed the pot

Verse 6

When you get good lovin’

Never go and spread the news

It’ll build up to cross you

And leave you with them empty bed blues