Jailhouse Blues

Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams

You hear me singin
Down in the bottom of the world
A thousand miles from nowhere, dreamin bout a girl
She used to love me but I, went away

They gonna keep me here til the Judgement Day
Lord, lord, lord, I got the Jailhouse Blues

Ain't no tellin
What a man will do
This old world, to make it through
Some would murder with a gun or a knife
Some would lock a man away for the rest of his life
Lord, lord, lord, I got the Jailhouse Blues

I got the Jailhouse Blues
Just as blue as I can be
My baby got a heart
Like a rock in the bottom of the sea
I got the Jailhouse Blues
An it ain't no lie, lawd
Lock on the door. I broke the law
I got the Jailhouse Blues, (play it for me.)

They says a blind man
Don't see nothin when he dream
There's plenty things, wish I never seen
I wish I never seen her askin why
When they come and taken me, the way that she cried
Lord, lord, lord
I got the Jailhouse Blues

I got the Jailhouse Blues
Just as blue as I can can be
My baby got a heart
Like a rock in the bottom of the sea
I got the Jailhouse Blues
An it ain't no lie, lawd

Lock on the door, I broke the law
I got the Jailhouse blues

I got the Jailhouse Blues
Just as blue as I can be
My baby got a heart
Like a rock in the bottom of the sea
I got the Jailhouse Blues
An it ain't no lie, lawd
Lock on the door, I broke the law
I got the Jailhouse Blues

Trivia about the song Jailhouse Blues by Dinah Washington

When was the song “Jailhouse Blues” released by Dinah Washington?
The song Jailhouse Blues was released in 1958, on the album “Dinah Sings Bessie Smith”.
Who composed the song “Jailhouse Blues” by Dinah Washington?
The song “Jailhouse Blues” by Dinah Washington was composed by Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams.

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