Pastel Blues

Nina Simone Pastel Blues Lyrics
1.Be My Husband

Andy stroud

Be my husband man i be your wife
Be my husband man i be your wife
Be my husband man i be your wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life yeah

If you promise me you'll be my man
If you promise me you'll be my man
If you promise me you'll be my man
I will love you the best i can yeah

Stick the promise man you made me
Stick the promise man that you made me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Stick the promise man you made me
That you stay away from rosalie yeah

Oh daddy love me good
Oh daddy now love me good
Oh daddy love me good
Oh daddy now love me good

If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew yeah
Outside of you there is no place to go

Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah
You're the meanest man i ever see

Oh daddy now love me good
Oh daddy love me good yeah
Oh daddy love me good yeah
Oh daddy now love me good

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Lyrics transcripted by roger nupie


2.Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

once i lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money, i didn't care
Takin' my friends out for a mighty good time
Drinkin' high priced liquor, champagne and wine
Then i began to fall so low
Couldn't buy me no friends, have no place to go
If i ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on to it, till the eagle grins

I said nobody knows you when you're down and out
In your pocket, you ain't got one penny
And your friends, you didn't have any
Just as soon as you get up on your feet again
Everybody wants to be your long-lost friend
Oh lord without a doubt
Nobody wants you, nobody needs you nobody wants you
When you're down and out
I say nobody wants you
Nobody needs you
Nobody wants you when you're down and out


3.End Of The Line


4.Tell Me More And More And Then Some More

Billie holiday

Tell me more and then some
Daddy you know what i wanna hear
I want some more and then some of that
I love you only dear

I want some more and then some
Oh how you feel
And then when you done told me
About a million times
How much you love me
And you're through
Start right back again

I've made the same mistake
I know the awful ache
Of a little heart that's been double crossed
The waiting's been so long so long
It's hard to be believing
I thought i'd missed my guess
I thought happiness for me was lost

I want more some more
Some more and then some
You know how i love that stuff
Whisper from now on till doomsday
But i never
No i never no i never
Will get enough


5.Ain't No Use

Rudy stevenson

Ain't no use baby
I'm leaving the scene
Ain't no use baby
You're too doggone mean

Yes i'm tired of paying dues
Having the blues
Hitting bad news
Ain't no use baby

Ain't no use baby
I'm leaving town
Ain't no use daddy
I'm putting you down

I'm gonna change my name
Things won't be the same
Cos i'm tired of palying your game
Ain't no use baby i tell you ain't no use

I tried all these years lord knows i've tried
Yes and i cried deep down inside
But daddy why complain
It's all over and you're to blame yeah yeah

Ain't no use baby
Shed them tears
Ain't no use baby
I cried for years for too many years

You done had your fan

Ain't no use
Ain't no use
Ain't no use daddy
Ain't no use


6.Strange Fruit

Lewis allen, sonny white

Seven trees
Bearin' strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin'
From the poplar trees
Pastoral scene
Of the gallant south
Them big bulging eyes
And the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
Clean and fresh
Then the sudden smell
Of burnin' flesh
Here is a fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the leaves to drop
Here is
Strange and bitter crop

As singed by billie holiday

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter cry.


7.Sinnerman

Thomas crown affair version:

Sinnerman where you gunna run to
Sinnerman where you gunna run to
Where you gunna run to
All on that day

Well i run to the rock
Please hide me i run to the rock
Please hide me i run to the rock
Please hide me lord
All on that day

Well the rock cried out
I can hide you the rock cried out
I can hide you the rock cried out
I ain gunna hide you god
All on that day

I said rock whats a matter with you rock
Don you see i need you rock
Don let down
All on that day

So i run to the river
It was bleedin i run to the sea
It was bleedin i run to the sea
It was bleedin all on that day

So i run to the river it was boilin
I run to the sea it was boilin
I run to the sea it was boilin
All on that day

So i run to the lord
Please help me lord
Don you see me prayin
Don you see me down here prayin

But the lord said
Go to the devil
The lord said
Go to the devil
He said go to the devil
All on that day

So i ran to the devil
He was waiting
I ran to the devil he was waiting
I ran to the devil he was waiting
All on that day

Oh yeah

Oh i run to the river
It was boilin i run to the sea
It was boilin i run to the sea
It was boilin all on that day

So i ran to the lord
I said lord hide me
Please hide me
Please help me
All on that day

Said god where were you
When you are old and prayin

Lord lord hear me prayin
Lord lord hear me prayin
Lord lord hear me prayin
All on that day

Sinnerman you oughta be prayin
Oughta be prayin sinnerman
Oughta be prayin all on that day


8.Trouble In The Mind

(1927) richard jones

Trouble in mind, i'm blue
But i won't be blue always,
'cause the sun's gonna shine
In my backdoor some day.

I'm all alone at midnight
And my lamp is burnin' low
Ain't never had so much
Trouble in my life before.

Trouble in mind, that's true
I have almost lost my mind,
Life ain't worth livin,
Sometimes i feel like dyin'.

Goin' down to the river
Gonna take my ol' rockin' chair
And if the blues don't leave me
I'll rock away from there.

You been a hard-hearted mama
Great god! you been unkind
Gonna be a cold, cold papa
Cause you to lose your mind.

I'm gonna lay my head down
On some lonesome railroad line
And let the two nineteen
Pacify my mind.

Well it's trouble, oh trouble
Trouble on my worried mind,
When you see me laughin'
I'm laughin' just to keep from cryin'.


9.Chilly Winds Don't Blow

H. krasnow, b. lovelock

Going where the willows weep no more, darlin' baby,
Going where the willows weep no more,
Chilly winds don't blow along my shore, oh baby,
Where the chilly winds, the chilly winds don't blow.

Going where my father waits for me, oh baby,
Going where my father waits for me,
Going there 'cause there i'd rather be, oh baby,
Where the chilly winds, the chilly winds don't blow.

Yes there will be red roses round my door, darlin' baby,
There will be red roses round my door,
Going where they'll welcome me for sure, oh baby
Where the chilly wind, the chilly wind don't blow.
Chilly winds, chilly winds, the chilly winds don't blow.