Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Safety Mama (11-20-31), artist - Bessie Smith. Album song Complete Jazz Series 1929 - 1933, in the genre Джаз
Date of issue: 07.06.2009
Record label: Complete Jazz Series
Song language: English
Safety Mama (11-20-31) |
Let me tell you how and why what no-good man done to me He called me pretty, young and wild, after that he let me be He’d taken advantage of my mouth, and that you understand |
So, wait a while, show you, chile, just how to treat a no-good man |
Make him stay at home, wash and iron, |
Tell all the neighbors he done lost his mind |
Give your house rent shake |
On Saturday night |
Monday morning you’ll hold collectors good and tight |
You see a man you really like |
Let him bite that monkey, brother, in his back |
When his cruel heart turn, his love breaks down |
Hold him where you got him make him stay in town, |
'cause I’m a safety woman, lookin' for a safety man |
Make him stay at home, help me wash and iron, |
The neighbors know he done lost his mind |
I give a house rent shake on Saturday night |
Monday morning I held collectors good and tight |
I seen a man I really like |
I let him bite that monkey, brother, smack in his back |
When his cruel heart turn, his love breaks down |
I hold it where I had it and he stayed in town, |
I’m a safety woman, and I had to have a safety man |
I ain’t good lookin', I’m built for speed |
I’ve got ev’rything a pigmeat needs |
'Cause I’m a safety woman, lookin' for a safety man |