I'm gettin' sick and tired of the way you do,
Good kind papa got to poison you;
Sprinkle goofer dust all around your bed,
Wake up one of these mornings, find your own self dead.
She said, "You shouldn't say that"
I said, "What should I say this time, baby?"
She says, "Mmmmmm, I don't know, my oh my oh my"
I don't know, what my baby puttin' down.
The woman I love, she's got dimples in her jaws,
The clothes she's wearin' is made out of the best of cloths;
She can take and wash them, she can hang 'em upside the wall,
She can throw 'em out the window,
and run out and catch 'em a little bit before they falls;
Sometimes I think you got your habits on
She said, "You shouldn't say that"
I said, 'What should I say to make you mad this time, baby?'
She says, "Mmmmmm, I don't know, my oh my oh my"
I don't know, what my baby puttin' down.
My papa told me, my mother sat down and cried,
Say, "You're too young a man, son, to have the many women you got"
I looked at my mother then, I didn't even crack a smile,
I say, "If the women kills me, I don't mind dyin'"
The woman I love, I won the week before last,
The woman I love I've got out of class;
I thought I won you, baby, a long time ago,
If you don't watch your step, I'm gonna have to let you go.
She said, "You shouldn't say that"
I say, "What did I say to make you mad this time, baby?"
She says, "Mmmmmm, I don't know, I don't know"
I don't know what my baby puttin' down, puttin' down.