When I came home this morning, my wife, she met me at the door When I came home this morning, my wife, she met me at the door "Go away, sweet daddy", says, "I can't use you no more" Huh-hey, hey, mama, baby, what's the matter now? Oh, hey, hey, mama, baby, what's the matter now? Say, you're tryin' to quit me, honey, and you don't know how Spoken: Yes, I know you been actin' funny about a week or two Where it tain't no love, sure ain't no gettin' along Where it tain't no love, mama, sure ain't no gettin' along Says, my brown treat me so mean that I don't know right from wrong Come back, baby, papa ain't mad at you Says, come back, baby, papa ain't mad at you Says, I do just like, mama babe, says, I used to do Take me back, baby, says, try me one more time Oh, take me back, baby, try me, says, a-one more time If I don't do to suit you, honey, I'll break my backbone tryin' Some don't like me because that I speaks my mind I know the mens don't like me because that I speaks my mind But the women crazy 'bout me, 'cause, says, I takes my time