Cold empty bed
Springs hard as led
Feel like old Ned
Wished I was dead
All my life throught
I've been so black and blue

Even the mouse
Ran from my house
They laugh at you
And scorn you too
What did I do
To be so black and blue

I'm white, inside
But that don't help my case
Cause I, Can't hide
What is in my face

How would it end
Ain't got a friend
My only sin
Is in my skin
What did I do
To be so black and blue