Crazy Blues

Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith/Memphis Slim

I can't sleep at night

I can't eat a bite

'Cause the man I love

He don't treat me right

He makes me feel so blue

I don't know what to do

Sometime I sit and sigh

And then begin to cry

'Cause my best friend

Said his last goodbye

There's a change in the ocean

Change in the deep blue sea my baby

I'll tell you folks

There ain't no change in me

My love for that man will always be

Now I got the crazy blues

Since my baby went away

I ain't got no time to lose

I must find him today

Now the doctor's gonna do all that he can

But what you're gonna need is an undertaker man

I ain't had nothin' but bad news

Now I got the crazy blues

Now I can read his letters

I sure can't read his mind

I thought he's lovin' me

He's leavin' all the time

Now I see my poor love was blind

Went down to the railroad

Put my head on the track

I thought about my gal

And I snatched it quickly back

Now she's gone and give me the sack

Now I got the crazy blues

Since my baby went away

I ain't got no time to lose

I must find him today

I'm gonna do like a madman

Get some horse

Get myself a gun and shoot myself a couple

Hey hey

Nothing that's to do

Now I got the crazy blues

Crazy blues