somebody have mercy and tell me what is wrong with me

somebody have mercy and tell me what is wrong with me

sometimes i don't know how i stand the things this woman do to me



let me tell you

when i think about how she do me, the tears fall down like rain, like rain

when i think about how she do me, the tears fall down like rain, like rain

when i think i've got her chained down, she starts actin' up again



oh let me tell you

i'm goin' down to the bus station with a suitcase in my hand, yes i am

i'm goin' down to the bus station with a suitcase in my hand, yes i am

i'm gonna grab me an armful of greyhound and ride just as close i can

do that thing for me now



(harmonica solo)



let me tell you one more time

somebody have mercy i wonder what is wrong with me, lord have mercy

somebody have mercy i wonder what is wrong with me, yeah

sometimes i don't know how i stand the things this woman do to me



do that one more time, my fellas

i'm standin' here wonderin', baby, with a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes

i am

standin', wonderin', baby, with a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes i am

oh i got a long way to get there and i got-a some time to go



(scat singing, to fade)