Emeralds in my bracelets, diamonds in my rings
A Riviera chateau and a lot of other things
And I'm blue, so blue am I
Lots of ready money in seven different banks
I counted up this morning, it was 'bout a million francs
And I'm blue, so blue and I know why
I've got Harlem on my mind
And I'm longin' to be lowdown
And my, 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true
With Harlem on my mind
I've been dined and I've been wined
But I'm headin' for a showdown
'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn
With Harlem on my mind
I go to supper with a French Marquis
Each evening after the show
My lips begin to whisper, Mon
Cheri
But my heart keeps singin', Hi-de-ho
I've become too damned refined
And at night, I hate to go down
To that high-falutin' flat that Lady Mendel designed
With Harlem on my mind
I've got Harlem on my mind
And I'm longing to be lowdown
And my, 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true
With Harlem on my mind
I've been dined and I've been wined
But sure as your born, I'm headin' for a showdown
'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn
With Harlem on my mind
And when I'm bathing in my marble tub
Each evening after the show
I get to thinkin' 'bout that Cotton Club
And my heart starts chirpin', Hi-de-ho, help me
I've been too damned refined
And at night, I hate to go down
To that flat with fifty million Frenchmen taggin' behind
With Harlem on my mind
- :
- Miscellaneous
- Am I Blue
- Man Wanted
- Ethel Waters Remastered Collection
- Supper Time
- Ethel Waters Remastered Collection Vol. 2 (Remastered 2015)
- Push Out 1938-1939
- Ethel Waters 1938-1939: Push Out (Jazz Archives No. 1)
- Down In My Soul (1930 - 1938)
- I Got Rhythm
- Black and Blue
- Jazz Legends: Ethel Waters
- Jeepers Creepers (Remastered)
- I Got Rhythm (Remastered)
- Careless Love (Remastered)
- The One and Only: Ethel Waters
- Paper Moon
- Moments
- Harlem On My Mind
- Georgia On My Mind