Sick Bed Blues - Skip James

Written by：Nehemiah Skip James

Layin' sick honey and on my bed

I'm layin' sick honey and on my bed

I'm layin' sick honey and on my bed

I used to have some friends but they wish that I were dead

In awful pain and deep in misery

Awful pain and deep in misery

Awful pain and deep in misery

I ain't got nobody to come and see about me

And every dog baby got a day

And every dog baby got a day

Every dog baby got a day

But I said

Please don't you treat me this-a way

The doctor came lookin' very sad

The doctor came lookin' very sad

The doctor came lookin' very sad

He diagnosed my case and said it was awful bad

He walked away mumblin' very low

He walked away mumblin' very low

He walked away mumblin' very low

He said he may get better but he'll never get well no more

I hollered Lord oh Lord Lord Lordy Lord

Oh Lordy Lord Lord Lord

Oh Lordy Lord Lord Lord

I been so badly misused and treated just like a dog

I've got a long trip and I'm just too weak to ride

I've got a long trip and I'm just too weak to ride

I got a long trip and I'm just too weak to ride

Now it's a thousand people standin' at my bedside

You take a stone you can bruise my bone

You take stone and you can bruise my bone

You take a stone and you can bruise my bone

But you sure gonna miss me when I'm dead and gone

I been on the ocean I been across the sea

Been on the ocean I been across the sea

Been on the ocean I been across the sea

I ain't found nobody would feel my sympathy