Alberta Hunter — Chirping the Blues

[Verse 1] I woke up this mornin', heard somebody calling me I woke up this mornin', heard somebody calling me My man had packed his grip, said he was leaving for Tennessee [Verse 2] Lord, I cried all night and all the night before I say I cried all night and all the night before Gonna change my way of living so I won't have to cry no more [Verse 3] Lord, I'm worried now but I won't be worried long I say I'm worried now but I won't be worried long It takes a worried woman to chirp these worried songs [Verse 4] Now if I had wings and could fly like Noah's dove Lord, if I had wings and could fly like Noah's dove I'd hoist my wings and land right on the man I love [Verse 5] Lord, I'm motherless, fatherless, I'm sisterless, and I'm brotherless too (Play that thing, boy) I say I'm motherless, fatherless, sisterless, and I'm brotherless too That's the reason why I try to get along with you [Verse 6] If the blues were whiskey, I'd stay drunk all the time If the blues were whiskey, I'd stay drunk all the time 'Til the man I love would ease my troubled mind