Empress of The Blues

It'drainedfor days and the sky is dark Then I see her shoes, it is TheEmpressof The Blues The eyes of the woman, I met down the trail Was dark as her fingers,coveredwith soil She came to me as She sang the truth I know now; it was TheEmpressof The Blues ThetruthShe was singing,abouther own life in vain A lifefilledwith sorrow, hard work and pain A life of segregation, a life with the blues I know now, it was TheEmpressof The Truth It'drainedfor days and the sky is dark Then I see her shoes, it is TheEmpressof The Blues TheFieldsofMississippiwas when as cold snow But it wasBlackhands thatpickedthemwhiteballs row by row The Lady wassinging'bouttheirbacks how they hurt I know now, She was TheEmpressof The Dirt The eyes of the woman, I met down the trail Was dark as her fingers,coveredwith soil She came to me as She sang the truth I know now; it was TheEmpressof The Blues It'drainedfor days and the sky is dark Then I see her shoes, it is TheEmpressof The Blues