Lonesome Walls - Ethel Waters
When my man told me when they took me away
That he would come to see me every Christmas Day
Now Christmas is over and he's lockin' the gate
Oh Mr Captain please wait ain't late
No use waitin' watchin' hopin' for a man you know's forgettin'
And ain't willin' to wait
There's too many women for a man to wait
Mornin' is you still dawnin' that clean young day
River river is you still talkin' where my tear done lay
Stars is you still shinin' when evenin' falls
While my heart is burning
Deep in these lonesome walls
Lonesome walls lonesome walls
Deep in these lonesome walls
One of these mornings if I'm livin' that long
I'm gonna rise up singin' such a goodbye song
The walls'll fly open the sky and the see
Oh Mr Jailer can it be I'm free
Then I'll travel always singing to my home
When tomorrow is a waitin' for me
'Cause there's a tomorrow that's waitin' for me
Lonesome walls lonesome walls
At last I'm leavin' these here lonesome walls
