[00:00.00]Homeless Blues - Bessie Smith
[00:12.36]Mississippi River what
[00:15.55]A fix you left me in
[00:23.00]Old Mississippi River
[00:26.71]What a fix you left me in
[00:34.75]Mudholes of water clear up to my chin
[00:45.34]House without a steeple
[00:48.24]Didn't even have a door
[00:56.24]House without a steeple
[00:58.95]Didn't even have a door
[01:06.90]Plain old two room shanty
[01:09.45]But it was my home sweet home
[01:17.76]Ma and pa got drownded
[01:20.74]Mississippi you the blame
[01:28.66]My ma and pa got drownded
[01:32.29]Mississippi you the blame
[01:39.96]Mississippi River I can't stand
[01:44.33]To hear your name
[01:50.99]Homeless yes I'm homeless might
[01:54.22]As well be dead
[02:00.69]Oh you know I'm homeless homeless
[02:04.81]Might as well be dead
[02:11.94]Hungry and disgusted
[02:14.07]No place to lay my head
[02:22.25]Wish I was an eagle
[02:25.15]But I'm a plain old black crow
[02:32.77]Wish I was an eagle
[02:35.43]But I'm a plain old black crow
[02:43.03]I'm gonna flap my wings and leave here
[02:46.24]And never come back no more