Bed Bug Blues - Dave Van Ronk

Bed bug is mean and evil

Don’t mean me no good

Bed bug is mean and evil

Don’t mean me no good

Thinks he’s a woodpecker

My poor body’s a piece of wood

Bed bug’s as big as a jackass

Will bite you and stand and grin

Bed bug’s as big as a jackass

Will bite you and stand and grin

You know they’ll tell the other bed bugs

It’s dinner time better all begin

I go to bed at night

And I wonder how a poor boy can sleep

I go to bed at night

I wonder how a poor boy can sleep

One is holding my hands

While the other’s is bitin my feet

I pace the floor at night

I’m so tired I’m bout to drop dead

I pace the floor at night

I’m so tired I’m bout to drop dead

You know the damn little bed bugs

Won’t let me get into bed

Son, they was moanin in the corner

While I was tryin to sleep

Son, they was moanin in the corner

While I was tryin to sleep

It was a bed bug mother praying

Lord, get my children more to eat

I got myself a wishbone

These bugs they got my goat

I got myself a wishbone

These bugs they got my goat

You know, I wish every one of them

Would cut their own goddamn throat

Bed bug is mean and evil

Don’t mean me no good

Bed bug is mean and evil

Don’t mean me no good

Thinks he’s a woodpecker

My poor body’s a piece of wood