Old empty bedsprings hard as lead
Feel like ol' Nedwished I was dead
What did I doto be so black and blue

Even the mouseran from my house
They laugh at youand scorn you too
What did I doto be so black and blue

I'm whiteinsidebut, that don't help my case
'cause Ican't hidewhat is in my face
(jazzman sounds)

How would it endain't got a friend
My only sinis in my skin
What did I doto be so black and blue

(instrumental break)

How would it endain't got a friend
My only sinis in my skin
What did I doto be so black and blue