YouLyric
Sign in
Sign up for free
Down-Hearted Blues
Share
Cab Calloway
What's this song about?
Generate meaning
Tap any line for its meaning
1
Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you!
2
I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues;
3
Once I was crazy 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time,
4
The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!
5
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days,
6
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days;
7
It seems like trouble going to follow me to my grave.
8
I ain't never loved but three mens in my life;
9
I ain't never loved but three men in my life:
10
My father, my brother, the man that wrecked my life.
11
It may be a week, it may be a month or two,
12
It may be a week, it may be a month or two,
13
But the day you quit me, honey, it's comin' home to you.
14
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand,
15
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand,
16
I'm gonna hold it until you meet some of my demands.
17
Another version
18
-------------------
19
Gee, but it's hard to love someone
20
When that someone don't love you;
21
I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too
22
I've got those down-hearted blues.
23
I was crazy 'bout a gal,
24
She mistreated me all the time,
25
Next gal I get, she's got to promise to
26
Be mine, all mine.
27
'Cause she mistreated me,
28
And she drove me from her door;
29
Yes, she mistreated me,
30
She drove me from her door,
31
But the Good Book says,
32
She'll reap just what she'll sow.
33
I ain't never loved but three women in all my life,
34
I never loved but three women in all my life,
35
That was my mother, my sister, and the gal that wrecked my life.
36
[Heavily scatted]
37
All the dirt you done to me
38
Is bound to come back to you.
0
views
0
meanings
0
comments
Perspectives
0/16
💡
🧒
🧠
📚
🌍
✨
📖
💔
⚖️
🎵
♀️
🌀
👁️
🪞
🏛️
😂
Go Pro
Unlimited meanings · Priority generation
Upgrade