What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue

What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue - Lou Rawls

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 I'm white inside but that don't help my case

Cause I thought I just can't hide what is on my face

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

No joys for me no no company

Even the mouse even the mouse ran from my house

All my life through I've been so black and blue

Can you tell me how

How will it end ain't I ain't got no friends

My only sin my only sin is in my skin

But in that what did I do to be so black and blue

But in that what did I do

To be so black and blue

And no more to be

And no more to be so black and blue