Stone For Bessie Smith

isn't it amazingshakes you to the boneshe bought a stonefor bessie smithshe bought bessie smitha stoneshe got it forher grave-siteon a temporary loanbut she forgotshe had not paidfor her ownshe forgot she had not paidshe forgot she had not paidafter all the contractsand arrangements had been madeshe went to bessie's graveand marked it with a stonebut she stillhad to pay for her ownshe went hometo her class reunionwhere a class-matehe confessedshe wouldn't want thisgetting outbut she used to be the bestin school she was a nice girlas descent as the restthough she never wasconservatively dressedisn't it amazingyou think she could've knownshe bought a stonefor bessie smithshe bought bessie smitha stoneshe got it forher grave-siteon a temporary loanbut she forgotshe had not paidfor her ownshe forgot she had not paidshe forgot she had not paidno sooner had the letterson the deed begun to fadewhen her ashes had been scatteredbeen battered and been blownshe still had to payfor her ownshe knewmiss gloria swansonon a tv show they metthey talked acrossa hundred yearsmiss gloria's with us yetbut janis was a gamblerwho'd already lost a betand the time had cometo settle upher debtisn't it amazingshakes you to the boneshe bought a stonefor bessie smithshe bought bessie smitha stoneshe got it upfor bessieon a temporary loanbut she forgotshe had not paidfor her own.