Nina Simone - Blues for Mama

Nina Simone performing "Blues for Mama" (N. Simone and A. Lincoln)

Hey Lordy mama
I heard you wasn't feeling good
They're spreading dirty rumours all around the neighbourhood
They say you're mean and evil, and don't know what to do
That's the reason that he's gone, and left you black and blue
Hey yeah, tell me what you gonna do now

They say he's left you all alone, to weather this old storm
He's got another woman now, hanging on his arm, yeah, yeah, yeah
That old fool's telling everybody, he's sick and tired of you
Hey Lordy Lordy mama what you gonna do, hey yeah
Tell me what you gonna do

They say you loved to fuss and fights and bring a good man down
And don't know how to treat him when he takes you on the town
They say you ain't behind him, and just don't understand
And think that you're a woman but acting like a man
Hey Lordy mama, what you gonna do now

Get your nerves together, baby, and set the record straight, set it straight
Let the whole round world know it wasn't you that cause his bitter fate
All these years you loved him, and he knows it's true
'Cause what you're wanting for your man, is what he's wanting, too
Hey yeah
Tell me, what you gonna do now

When you love a man enough, you're bound to disagree
'Cause ain't nobody perfect, 'cause ain't nobody free
Hey Lordy mama, tell me what you gonna do
What you gonna do

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Tags:

• Nina Simone
• Blues for Mama
• blues
• Abbey Lincoln

[victoria81093]

Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse: my playlist. <3

[zenmeister451]

I've been a Nina Simone fan since the first time I heard her so many years ago. I happened to also be a friend of her backup pianist. He said that the only reason she never made it REALLY big was due to the fact that she was not as 'beautiful' as the studios wanted but even more so because she was such a perfectionist...which probably translates to being difficult to work with. Personally, I think she's quite beautiful. As for 'hard to work with', ALL great artists are perfectionists by nature.

[wylletube]

oh yeah ........ sing it for me mamma!

[1LazyFroggy]

finally in the GOOD part of youtube! :D

[Shicsherabo]

First time I know about Nina, thanks a lot for this video an the lyrics, it's beautifull. Primera vez que se sobre Nina, gracias por este video y la letra de la canción, es hermoso.

[xiniks]

@freebyrd90 she's not that bad, but you can't compare her to nina

[Phenomenon58]

@freebyrd90 Her music was good, her voice was beautiful but the devil which is a drugs lead to her demise. No one knows whats going on in someones head, they can seem happy but inside the mind their could be self torture, or decay. My friend recently seemed like happy churpy friend, always smiling and always acting crazy funny. Then i found out he was been cutting himself. Strange huh.

[freebyrd90]

why the fuck Amy Whinehouse on top rated comment??? sorry for that, but her death didn't make her music good.

[alieno66]

me lo sto' ascoltando da circa un'ora......troppo bello

[alieno66]

BLUES FOR MAMA.....STUPENDA

[myzoir14]

es lo máximo cantando blues.fantástica.