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Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out

A música Nobody Knows You When Youre Down and Out foi escrita por Jimmy Cox em 1923 durante a era do vaudeville. A canção tornou-se um padrão de blues, especialmente após a versão gravada por Bessie Smith em 1929, pouco antes do crash da bolsa, o que acentuou o lirismo da música sobre perda financeira e solidão. A faixa foi interpretada por inúmeros artistas ao longo dos anos, transformando-se num clássico que abrange diversas gerações, e é frequ ... entemente associada à expressão dos sentimentos de desesperança vividos durante a Grande Depressão. Ver mais [+]

Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spent all my money, didn't have any cares
Took all my friends out for a mighty good time
We bought bootleg liquor, champagne and wine
Then I began to fall so low
Lost all my good friends, had nowhere to go
I Get my Hands on a Dollar Again
I'll hang on to it, till that old eagle grins because

Nobody knows you
When you're down and out
In your pocket, not one penny
And as for friends, you don't have any
When you get back on your feet again
Everybody Wants to Be your Long Lost Friend
I said ut's strange without any doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out

(guitar)
(guitar)
(piano)
(piano)

Lord, Nobody knows you
When you're down and out
In your pocket, not one penny
And as for friends, you don't have any
When you get back on your feet again
Everybody wants to be your long lost friend
I said it's strange without any doubt

Nobody knows you (nobody knows you)
Nobody knows you (nobody knows you)
Nobody knows you
When you're down and out