Sick Bed Blues

Layin' sick, honey, an in my bed

I'm layin' sick, honey, an in my bed

I'm layin' sick, honey an in my bed

I used to have some friends

But they wished that I were dead

In awful pain an deep in misery

Awful pain an deep in misery

Awful pain an deep in misery

I ain't got nobody

To come and see about me

Ev'ry dog, baby, got a day

Ev'ry dog, baby, got a day

Ev'ry dog, baby, got a day

But I said, 'Please, don't you treat me this-a way'

The doctor came, lookin' very sad

The doctor came, lookin' very sad

Your doctor came, lookin' very sad

He diagnosed my case

And said it was awful bad

He walked away, mumblin' very low

He walked away, mumblin' very low

He walked away, mumblin' very low

He said, 'May get better

But he never get well, no mo'

I hollered, 'Oh Lord, Lord, Lordy, Lord

Oh Lordy, Lord, Lord, Lord'

Oh Lordy, Lord, Lord, Lord'

I been so badly misused

An treated just like a dog

I've got a long trip

And I'm just too weak to ride

I got a long trip

And I'm just too weak to ride

I got a long trip

An I'm just too weak to ride

Now it's a thousand people

Standin' at my bedside

You take a stone

You can bruise my bone

You take stone

And you can bruise my bone

You take a stone

And you can bruise my bone

But you sho' gon' miss me

When I'm dead and gone

I been over a ocean

An I've been across a sea

Been over a ocean

An I been across a sea

Been over a ocean

And I been across the sea

I ain't found nobody

Would feel my sympathy.