(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
Louis Armstrong| Original | Il testo originario del 1929. |
| (WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK AND BLUE | (WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK AND BLUE |
| Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead Feel like old men, wished I was dead What did I do to be so black and blue? | Out in the street, shufflin' feet, Couples passin' two by two, While here am I, left high and dry, Black, and 'cause I'm black I'm blue. Browns and yellers, all have fellers, Gentlemen prefer them light, Wish I could fade, can't make the grade, Nothing but dark days in sight: |
| Even the mouse ran from my house They laugh at you and scorn you too What did I do to be so black and blue? | Cold, empty bed, Springs hard as lead, Pains in my head, Feel like old Ned. What did I do, to be so Black And Blue? No joys for me, No company, Even the mouse ran from my house, All my life through, I've been so Black And Blue. |
| I'm white inside but that don't help my case 'cause I can't hide what is in my face | I'm white inside, It don't help my case 'Cause I can't hide, what is on my face, oh! I'm so forlorn, Life's just a thorn, My heart is torn, Why was I born? What did I do, to be so Black And Blue? |
| How would it end, ain't got a friend My only sin is in my skin What did I do to be so black and blue? | 'Cause you're black, Folks think you lack They laugh at you, And scorn you too, What did I do, to be so Black And Blue? When you are near, they laugh and sneer, Set you aside and you're denied, What did I do, to be so Black And Blue? |
| How would it end, ain't got a friend My only sin is in my skin What did I do to be so black and blue? | How sad I am, each day I feel worse, My mark of Ham seems to be a curse! How will it end? Ain't got a friend, My only sin Is my skin. What did I do, to be so Black And Blue? |
