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Now an I'm only twenty-fo' year |
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I just declare an I've been married twice |
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Yes, I been married twice |
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Oh now an I'm only twenty-fo' year |
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I just declare an I been married twice |
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Yes, I been married twice |
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Well now you people know by that mean |
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Oh that I had been livin' the right kind of life |
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No, not the right kind of life |
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Now my mother often sit down an talk wit' me |
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Talk wit' me about being so wild |
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Yes, being so wild |
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Now my mother often sit down an talk wit' me |
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Talk wit' me 'bout being so wild |
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Yes, about being so wild |
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Well then she said, 'I'm scared that wimen an' whiskey |
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Is gon' be the ruin of my only child' |
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Yes, my only child' |
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Now but you know how boys an girls is now-a-days |
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They won't pay their mother no mind |
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No, not their mother no mind |
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Well you know how boys an girls is now-a-day |
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They won't pay their mother no mind |
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No, not their mother no mind |
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Well then when they go out an stay all night long |
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Yo' mother standin' in her back do' cryin' |
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Yes, in her back do' cryin' |
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Well, but someday |
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Someday people, I'm gonna change my mind |
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Yes, I'm 'onna change my mind |
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Oh now, but someday |
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On someday, I'm gonna change my mind |
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Yes, I'm gonna change my mind |
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Well an I'm 'onna stop runnin' at wimen |
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An stay drunk all the time |
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Yes, stay drunk all the time |
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A now isn't it hard to have a home |
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A home you can't go there no mo?' |
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No, not go there no mo' |
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Oh now, ain't it hard to have a home |
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A home an you can't go there no mo'? |
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No, not go there no mo' |
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Now when this little woman that you been lovin' |
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Have fell in love with Mr. So and So |
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Yes, Mr. So and So. |
