I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth
Loving him ain't easy, he's bad bad news
Mama said "Use your head, you don't need him
Look at all the shit he put you through"
Papa cursed "Baby girl, if you don't leave him
There's nothing I can do for you, there's nothing I can do"

He's a mean man but he's my man, my man alone
He's a mean, mean one, a son of a gun keeps me by the telephone
He's a mean man, my man, my man alone
He's my man, my mean man

He likes to mess around, he's always in a mess
Likes to have a drink or two before he downs the rest
Knock, knock, six o'clock in the morning
"Baby I've been missing you", he comes and goes without a warning
Doing what he do, doing what he do

He's a mean man but he's my man, my man alone
He's a mean, mean one, a son of a gun keeps me by the telephone
He's a mean man, my man, my man alone
He's my man, my mean man

He lies and he cheats, he loves and he leaves, that's just the way it goes
But I do what I can, I stand by my man, I think he loves me
And I thnk he knows, yeah, I think he knows

He's a mean man but he's my man, my man alone
He's a mean, mean one, a son of a gun keeps me by the telephone
He's a mean man, my man, my man alone
He's my man, my mean man.