Lock And Key (04-01-27) - Bessie Smith

I can see that you and me

Will have a terrible falling out

No-one at the barbers' ball will know

What it's all about

They'll hear a shot and see you duck

And when the smoke has cleared away

Then the band will crawl

From behind the stand

And then you'll hear me say;

When I get home I'm gonna

Change my lock and key

When you get home you'll find

An awful change in me

If I don't change my mind

Another thing you will find;

That your baby maybe has

Got another baby

On the Pullman line

You did your stuff

So get yourself another home

I said it long enough

So pack your little trunk and roam

I used to love you once

But you took and made a fool out me

'Cause when I get home I'm gonna

Change this old lock and key

Take off that suit I bought you

Gimme that hat and that red vest too

Take off my watch gimme my ring

I want them shoes and everything

You just got to be the latest squeeze

When let 'em squeeze you in your BVD's

If you say much I'll shoot them all

I'll shoot them all if I hear you call

'Cause when I get home I'm

Gonna change my lock and key

When you get home you'll find

Place wher home used to be

And if I don't change my mind

Another thing you will find;

That your baby maybe has

Got another baby

Just as good and kind

You cheated on me and that's

A thing that made me sore

I'll change that key

I'll get myself another door

As far as my concern you're a gypsy

Homeless as a flea

'Cause when I get home I'm gonna

Change my lock and key

Believe me