T-BONE WALKER lyrics - Mean Old World

(Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker)



This is a mean old world, baby, to live in by yourself

This is a mean old world to live in by your self

When you can't get the woman you love, you know she's loving someone else



Well, I drink to keep from worrying and I smile to keep from crying

I drink to keep from worrying, baby, I smile to keep from crying

That's to keep the public from knowing just what I have on my mind



Some day, some day, baby, I'll be six feet in my grave

Some day, some day, darling, I'll be six feet in my grave

And, I won't be around here to be mistreated, darling, like a low-down slave