Yes, I lied down last night laughin', woke up this mornin' screamin' and cryin' Yes, I lied down last night laughin', woke up this mornin' screamin' and cryin' Said, I was worried and grievin', 'bout that girl had done left me behind I say, she's gone and left me, sick and on my bed I says, she's gone and left me, sick and on my bed Says, then I didn't have nobody, Lord, to hold my worried head spoken: Play it now, boy, play it for me! Says, I don't care when you go, mama, don't care how long you stay I said, I don't care when you go, mama, don't care how long you stay Said, that ol' good kind treatment, baby, bring you back home to me some day