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Artist: Big Bill Broonzy
Canonical path: /big-bill-broonzy/mean-old-world
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Mean Old World
Read Mean Old World lyrics by Big Bill Broonzy on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mean Old World
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Sometime I get disgusted, yeah, my mind goes up and down
Yes, sometime I get disgusted, yeah, and my mind goes up and down
Yeah, my woman has quit me, now my buddies hangin' around
This is a mean old world to live in, I'm just travelin' through
It's a mean old world to live in, I'm just travelin' through
Yes, sometime I get so blue, that I don't know what to do
I been up North, all over the Southern states
Yes, I've been in the North, all over the Southern states
Yes, people, it ain't the world, 'cause the good Lord made it straight, yeah
What's for poor me to do?
Yeah, what's for poor me to do?
Yeah, it sets my mother praying, I hope she prays for me not you
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Big Bill Broonzy performs "Mean Old World", and this lyric page sits inside the Big Bill Broonzy catalog on LyroVerse.
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