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Posted June 30, 2008 by Bessie Smith
Them Graveyard Words
by Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith says: Where Useless Words Go to Die. Of course this song is referring to something else. When my man told me he was running around with another girl behind my back, I had to tell him it's over. He sent our love to the graveyard.
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