Foolish Man Blues Songtext
von Bessie Smith

Men sure is deceitful
They′s gettin' worser ev′ry day
Men sure is deceitful
They's gettin' worser ev′ry day
Actin′ like a bunch of women
They's just-a gabbin′, gabbin', gabbin′ away


There's two things got me puzzled
There′s two things I can't understand
There's two things got me puzzled
There′s two things I can′t understand
That's a mannish actin′ woman
And a skippin' twistin′ woman actin' man

Lord, I used to love a man
He always made my poor heart ache
Yeah I love my man
He makes my poor heart ache
He′s crooked as a corkscrew
And evil as a copperhead snake


I knew a certain man who spent a year
Runnin' a poor girl down
I knew a certain man who spent a year
Runnin' a poor girl down
And when she let him kiss her
The fool blabbed it all over town