Now an I'm only twenty-fo' year

I just declare an I've been married twice

Yes, I been married twice

Oh now an I'm only twenty-fo' year

I just declare an I been married twice

Yes, I been married twice

Well now you people know by that mean

Oh that I had been livin' the right kind of life

No, not the right kind of life



Now my mother often sit down an talk wit' me

Talk wit' me about being so wild

Yes, being so wild

Now my mother often sit down an talk wit' me

Talk wit' me 'bout being so wild

Yes, about being so wild

Well then she said, 'I'm scared that wimen an' whiskey

Is gon' be the ruin of my only child'

Yes, my only child'



Now but you know how boys an girls is now-a-days

They won't pay their mother no mind

No, not their mother no mind

Well you know how boys an girls is now-a-day

They won't pay their mother no mind

No, not their mother no mind

Well then when they go out an stay all night long

Yo' mother standin' in her back do' cryin'

Yes, in her back do' cryin'



Well, but someday

Someday people, I'm gonna change my mind

Yes, I'm 'onna change my mind

Oh now, but someday

On someday, I'm gonna change my mind

Yes, I'm gonna change my mind

Well an I'm 'onna stop runnin' at wimen

An stay drunk all the time

Yes, stay drunk all the time



(harmonica & instrumental)



A now isn't it hard to have a home

A home you can't go there no mo?'

No, not go there no mo'

Oh now, ain't it hard to have a home

A home an you can't go there no mo'?

No, not go there no mo'

Now when this little woman that you been lovin'

Have fell in love with Mr. So and So

Yes, Mr. So and So.