There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears

There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears - Bix Beiderbecke

Shakin' like a leaf on a tree

That's coming loose from the stem

Shakin' like a leaf on a tree

Because I'm coming loose from my man

I'm like a weeping willow

Weeping on my pillow

For years and years

There ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears

Down and down he dragged me

Like a fiend he nagged me

For years and years

There ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears

Although I may be blue

Still I'm true

I must tell him goodbye

Rather than have that man

Gonna lay me down and just die

So broken hearted sisters

Aggravating misters lend me your ears

There ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears