Susannah, Act II: That’s mighty pretty singin’

Lyrics

[BLITCH] That's mighty pretty singin', Susannah [SUSANNAH] Who is it? [BLITCH] It's your friend, the preacher, do you all sing so pretty? [SUSANNAH] I sing to myself when I'm sad or lonesome It keeps me company [BLITCH] That's a right sad song Don't look like it'd do you much good [SUSANNAH] My mama taught it to me a long time ago What do you want here, Preacher Blitch? [BLITCH] This is what you might call a social visit I want to talk to you 'bout your soul [SUSANNAH] There ain't nothin' to say So you're wastin' your time [BLITCH] You're a hard-headed one, Susannah The devil's in you "Pride goeth before destruction,'' sister Let's kneel and pray to God for your soul [SUSANNAH] No need to pray I've done prayed enough for us both The Lord woulda told me If I'd done somеthin' wrong [BLITCH] You still say exposin' yourself Won't no sin against the Lord? [SUSANNAH] I been bathin' in that crick all spring And won't no harm in it at all 'Til thе neighbors seen me there And started makin' up their tales [BLITCH] They didn't make up no tales, Susannah [SUSANNAH] Little Bat come over here The very night after it happened And told me that he lied about me Told me that he lied A-screamin' an hollerin' all over the yard He ain't never set a hand on me Sam woulda killed him if he had [BLITCH] I wish I could believe you [SUSANNAH] Don't believe it! Don't believe it! But it's the truth! And I'll tell you somethin' else I ain't never spent such a week as this Not never in all my life I don't know what it'd be like To feel happy again Or to wake up in the mornin' without this awful thing weighin' down on me So's I don't even wanna get up and see what the day's like And all the things people's said about me And the looks people's give me And the way they treated me at the picnic supper And the way you treated me tonight I don't know what it'd be like To be happy again And if I thought this was the way The rest of my life was gonna be I'd kill myself right now! [BLITCH] It's the sin in your heart That weight you speak of It's the sin in your heart The sin in your heart [SUSANNAH] It ain't! It ain't! It ain't! [BLITCH] I've wrestled for your soul night after night Maybe tomorrow you'll come to the light