| Out in the street, shufflin' feet
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| Couples passin' two by two
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| While here am I, left high and dry
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| Black, and 'cause I’m black I’m blue
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| Browns and yellers, all have fellers
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| Gentlemen prefer them light
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| Wish I could fade, can’t make the grade
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| Nothing but dark days in sight
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| Cold, empty bed, springs hard as lead
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| Pains in my head, feel like old Ned
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| What did I do to be so black and blue?
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| No joys for me, no company
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| Even the mouse ran from my house
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| All my life through I’ve been so black and blue
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| I’m white inside, it don’t help my case
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| 'Cause I can’t hide, what is on my face, oh!
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| I’m so forlorn, life’s just a thorn
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| My heart is torn, why was I born?
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| What did I do to be so black and blue?
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| 'Cause you’re black, folks think you lack
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| They laugh at you, and scorn you too
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| What did I do to be so black and blue?
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| When you are near, they laugh and sneer
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| Set you aside and you’re denied
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| What did I do to be so black and blue?
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| How sad I am, each day I feel worse
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| My mark of Ham seems to be a curse, oh
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| How will it end? |
| ain’t got a friend
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| My only sin is my skin
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| What did I do to be so black and blue? |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue? , by - Ethel Waters. Song from the album Ethel Waters 1929 - 1939, in the genre Джаз