Bessie Smith - Young Woman's Blues lyrics

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Woke up this mornin' when chickens was crowin' for day

Felt on the right side of my pilla', my man gad gone away

By this pilla' he left a note readin', "I'm sorry, Jane, you got my goat

No time to marry, no time to settle down"

I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round

I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round

Some people call me a hobo, some call me a bum

Nobody knows my name, nobody knows what I've done

I'm as good as any woman in your town

I ain't no high yeller, I'm a deep killer of brown

I ain't gonna marry, ain't gonna settle down

I'm gonna drink good moonshine and rub these browns down

See that long lonesome road

Lawd, you know it's gotta and I'm a good woman and I can get plenty men