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> [When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/when-my-bed-is-empty-makes-me-feel-awful-mean-and-blue-my-springs-are/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

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## More by Bessie Smith

> [I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/i-don-t-want-no-drummer-i-set-the-tempo/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/the-greatest-blues-singer-in-the-world-will-never-stop-singing/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [Listen to my story and everything will come out true](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/listen-to-my-story-and-everything-will-come-out-true/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/i-need-a-little-sugar-in-my-bowl-and-a-little-hot-dog-in-my-roll/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/no-time-to-marry-no-time-to-settle-down-i-m-a-young-woman-and-i-ain-t/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/i-ve-been-poor-and-i-ve-been-rich-and-rich-is-better/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/it-s-a-long-old-road-but-i-know-i-m-gonna-find-the-end/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/when-my-bed-is-empty-makes-me-feel-awful-mean-and-blue-my-springs-are/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/i-ain-t-good-lookin-but-i-m-somebody-s-angel-child/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [“You been a good old wagon but Daddy you gone done broke down”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/you-been-a-good-old-wagon-but-daddy-you-gone-done-broke-down/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

> [There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bessie-smith/there-s-nineteen-men-livin-in-my-neighborhood-eighteen-of-them-are/)

[Bessie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bessie-smith/)

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