(Corrected lyrics)

Lyr. Add: AM I BLUE
(Ethel Waters, 1929, Col. 1837-D)

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman,
Waiting on the weary shore;
I'm just a woman, that's only human,
One you should be sorry for.
Woke up this mornin' along about dawn,
Without a warnin' I found he was gone.
How could he do it? Why should he do it?
He never done it before.

Chorus:
Am I blue? Am I blue?
Ain't these tears in these eyes tellin' you?
Am I blue? Why, you'd be too,
If each plan with your man done fell through.
There was a time when I was his only one;
But now I'm- the sad and lonely one,
Lawdy! Was I gay? Until today,
Now he's gone and we're through,
Am I blue.

I know it! He's in Chicago
And I'm down here in Birmin'ham;
Tryin' to git the money
To go and find my honey,
I am- Yes, indeed I am.
I've got the blues in my heart
And my shoes want to start
Yet I'm in a jam. A terrible jam!

Oh don't ask me am I blue,
Why do you ask me am I blue?
Can't you see with these eyes telling you.
How can you ask me am I blue?
Why, wouldn't you be too;
If each plan with your man had done fell through.
Don't I remember the time when I was his only one,
But look at me now,
I'm the sad and lonely one.
Oh, didn't I use to be gay,
Oh, 'til today,
Oh, I miss you now,
Am I blue!