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Bessie Smith – Empty Bed Blues lyrics
I woke up this morning with a awful aching head
I woke up this morning with a awful aching head
My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed


He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong
He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong
He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so long

He knows how to thrill me and he thrills me night and day
Oh he knows how to thrill me, he thrills me night and day
He's got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath away


Lord he's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou
He's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou
From the way she's raving, she must have gone and tried it too

When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue
When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue
My springs are getting rusty, sleeping single like I do

When you get good loving don't you go and spread the news
When you get good loving don't you go and spread the news
'Cause your friends will double-cross you and leave you with those empty
bed blues
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    The song discusses oral s**, particularly cunnilingus. "Coffee grinding" is a regular blues pun for sexuality. In this case the female narrator reports that her new lover is a "deep sea diver" who can "stay down at the bottom" holding his breath; thus he is performing cunnilingus. Apparently he is quite adept for her girlfriend tried him as well and reprted success. The second section is a series of puns for intercourse. Cabbage is a vaginal symbol and bacon is a phallic symbol.
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    Sorry if I'm too blunt but she is talking about intercourse the whole time, her man is able to go deep and has the timing to build it up until her release or orgasm. That's what she's telling all her friends about. Never runs out of stamina. And he beat it up good from the sound of it as she was sore from the elbows down. Sounds like she was missing him too, that's what gave her the blues, she was craving it bad.
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      The song discusses oral s**, particularly cunnilingus. "Coffee grinding" is a regular blues pun... Read more →
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      Sorry if I'm too blunt but she is talking about intercourse the whole time, her man is able to go... Read more →

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