HARLEM BLUES

you can never tell whats in a man's mind
and if he's from Harlem there's no use to even trying
just like the tide his mind comes and goes
like March weather when him change nobody knows
the man I love well he just turned me down he's a Harlem brown
off times I wished I were in this ground 6 feet underground
he idolized me as no other could
and then he surprised me leaving me a note
saying he was gone for good
and since my sweetie today off to me Harlem it ain't the same old place
though a thousand Dandy's smile right in my face
I think I'll make some homemade hooch and go out for a lark
just to drive up these mean old Harlem blues
you can have your Broadway give me Lenox Avenue
angels from the sky stroll 7th and for that thanks are due
from Madame Walker's beauty shops to po roll records too
that made those girls angels without any doubt
there are some spots up in Harlem where I'm told is sudden death
to let somebody see you even to stop to catch your breath
if you've never been to Harlem then I guess you'll never know
the power of these mean old Harlem blues

ah there's one sweet spot in Harlem known as strivers row
ditty folks some called them one thing you sould know
is that I have a friend who lives there and I know he won't refuse
to put some music to my troubles and call them the Harlem blues
and since my sweetie left me Harlem well it ain't the same old place

though a thousand dandy's smile right in my face

I think I'll mooch some homemade hooch and go out for a lark
just to drive up these name mean on Harlem blues
ah there's one sweet spot in Harlem known as strivers row
ditty floks some called them there's one thing you should know
is that I have a friend who lives there and I know he won't refuse
to put some music to my troubles and call them the Harlem blues to put some music to my troubles and call them the Harlem blues