Sick Bed Blues Lyrics

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Sick Bed Blues Lyrics by Skip James

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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. 
 
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