Tired Songtext
von Pearl Bailey

Tired of the life I lead
Tired of the blues I breed
Tired of the things I need
Gonna cut out wide and that′s the truth
Get a brand new guy while I got my youth

Tired of the clothes I wear
Tired of the patches there
Tired of the crows I scare
Gonna truck downtown and spend my move
Get some short vamp shoes and a new guy too

Washin' and a tubin′
Cleanin' and a scrubbin'
Sure leaves my glamour with a scar
A mending and a moppin′
A starching and a shoppin′
Don't make me look like no Hedy Lamarr


Tired of the tears I shed
Tired of livin′ in the red
Tired of the same old bed
Gonna lead the life of Cindy Lou
Gonna do the things that I know she'd do
′Cause I'm tired, mighty tired of you

I guess by now brother you have the general idea
I am tired
There′s no need of me kiddin' myself
Maybe you all right but, but I'm just tired
Think I′ll go to a psychiatrist
One of them rich people doctors, you know
And I guess he′ll tell me a lot of big words
All about psychiatrics and metaphysics
And oh, a whole lot of stuff I don't understand
Wonder how much he′ll charge me for that

Whatever he charges he'll probably end up saying the same thing
"Pearl, you′re just tired"

I, I guess I better go to a plain doctor
So he can tell me what I need
In fact, I know what I need
I need a little change
So I can lead the life of Cindy Lou
And do the things that I know she'd do
′Cause I'm tired, mighty tired of you