I Don't Know

I Don't Know

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, my oh my oh my"
I don't know, what my baby puttin' down