Oh when you hear a woman, hear a woman cry And she cries all night long You can bet your bottom dollar That some no good man has a done her wrong Same thing when you hear a woman shout You can bet it's some old man she's a shouting about I say, ain't it a mean old man, mean old man's world I say, ain't it a mean old man, mean old man's world Oh, God, it's a mean old man, mean old man's world It's a mean old man, mean old man's world I'm gonna ask you one more time girls to sanction Ain't it a mean old man, mean old man's world You see, man has held the world in the palm of his hand It's been that way ever since the world began I'm so thankful for the day When man started fooling 'round with a mean dog's way 'Cause you want to be boss That you understand 'Cause it says woman was made for nothing but man I ask you, ain't it, I ask you, ain't it, I ask you, ain't it One more time, ain't it Ain't it a mean old man, ain't it a mean, ain't it a mean Lord, it's a mean, mean old man's world