| You left me for another man, baby
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| Tell me what did he do for you
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| Yes, you ran away with another man, baby
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| I want to know what did he do for you
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| Because now all of your money’s gone, baby
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| And he ain’t got no more, no more use for you
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| When I was your fool, baby
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| Hey, I worked for you, both night and day
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| Yes, I was your fool, baby
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| Yes, I worked for you, both night and day
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| Oh, you know I had to be a fool, baby
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| Oh, to let you treat me this way
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| I got your letter this morning, baby
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| And I read every word you had to say
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| Yes, you know I got your letter early this morning, baby
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| And I read every word you had to say
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| Oh, but if you loved to me like the say you do, baby
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| Then why in the world did you go away?
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| You never said you was doin' alright
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| But then it read, «Please let me come back home»
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| Yes, you never said you were doin' okay, baby
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| But then it read, «Please let me come back home»
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| So here is my answer to your letter baby
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| I’ve been doing alright since you’ve been gone
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| So you love me or leave me, baby
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| Baby, either one you wanna do
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| Oh, I said, «Love me, love me, love me or leave me
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| Baby, either one you wanna do»
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| Because you see strange things happening, baby
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| And something good happened to you
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| If you know you don’t want me
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| Baby, why won’t you let me be?
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| Oh, if you know, if you know, if you know you don’t want me
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| Baby, why won’t you let me be?
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| Because you, it’s better to live without you, baby
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| Than to live on in misery
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| Oh, midnight find me cryin'
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| Daylight catch me cryin' too
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| Yes, I said, «Midnight, midnight, midnight find cryin'
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| Daylight catch me cryin' too»
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| You better straighten you mind, pretty baby
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| 'Cause something could happened to you
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| Nobody loves me but my mother
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| And she could be jivin' too
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| Yes, nobody, nobody loves me but my mother
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| And she could be jivin' too
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| Now you know why I act so funny with you, baby
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| When you do the things you do |