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Artist: T-Bone Walker
Canonical path: /t-bone-walker/mean-old-world
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Mean Old World
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Mean Old World
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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
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T-Bone Walker performs "Mean Old World", and this lyric page sits inside the T-Bone Walker catalog on LyroVerse.
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