I want to go home but I ain’t got sufficient clothes
Doggone my bad luck soul
I ain’t got no money and my job’s done closed
I would call that old woman but I’m afraid that she may explode
My wife done quit me, my girlfriend too
Doggone my bad luck soul
I ain’t got nobody and I don’t know what to do
They say things will get better but I don’t believe it’s true
I thought I had friends but they all disappeared
Doggone bad luck soul
Everything I do people, everything I do seems to be wrong
It wouldn’t be so bad if I knew I had a home
I got a bad case of love
I got a bad case of love
I got a bad case of love
I got a bad case of love
I got a bad case of love
People, my heart is filled with misery
I live in loneliness, never get no rest
Went to see a love doctor to get out of this mess
Took a look at me before he cast his spell
Shook his head, then began to yell
You got a bad case of love
You got a bad case of love
You got a bad case of love
Boy, your heart is filled with misery
I said, doctor, doctor, please do something for me
I feel like a man going through the third degree
Cant sleep at night, cant eat a bite
Since she been gone nothing ever goes right
He said, son, i know just how you feel
You love your baby and you always will
But your wind is short, your pulse is weak
It wont be long before youre six feet deep
You got a bad case of love
You got a bad case of love
You got a bad case of love
Boy, your heart is filled with misery
Oh, I wish I was single, ’cause my woman, she drives me mad
I wish I was single, ’cause my woman, she drives me mad
Yes, she’s always accusing me of someone of someone I ain’t never had
Last night I felt lucky but my luck was running slow
The last hand I caught four aces and the police broke down the door
I said, “Lord, Lord, what can a poor boy do?”
It’s tough when you can’t make no money,
seems like all the bad breaks come to you
Got home this morning, she was looking kind-a funny
She said, “Don’t come in here daddy, unless you got some money”
I said, “Lord, Lord, what can a poor boy do?”
It’s tough when you can’t make no money,
seems like all the bad breaks come to you
I asked my woman for some dinner, she looked at me like a fool
She said, “I’m playing checkers, daddy, and I think it’s your time to move”
I said, “Lord, Lord, what can a poor boy do?”
It’s tough when you can’t make no money,
seems like all the bad breaks come to you
Well, baby, baby, baby look at you
Yes, I said, “Baby, baby, baby, baby look at you”
Well, you want to jump on me and hurt me
‘Cause I won’t let you tell me what to do
Well, when I first met you baby
You didn’t know what love is about
You was standin’ on the streets beggin’
And ragged as a barrel of sauerkraut
Baby, baby, baby look at you
Well now, you want to jump on me and hurt me
‘Cause I won’t let you tell me what to do
Well, you said once that you loved me,
I would always be your own
And now you got your hands on some money, baby,
and you’re drivin’ B.B. away from home
Well, you said that you loved me,
I always would be your man
Now you thrown me outdoors,
and said, “Go and do the best you can”
If you love me, baby
Why don’t you write me sometime
If you, if you love me, baby
Why don’t you let me
Hear from you sometime
You don’t do nothing
But keep me worried
You just keep me worried
All the time
You know I think about you, baby
I think about you
Every night about this time
Oh you know, you know
You know I think about you, baby
I think about you
Every night about this time
It seems like you would treat me
A little better, baby
It seems like you would be
A little nicer and kind
Let me love you one more time, baby
Let me love you one more time
Before you go away
Let me, let me love you
One more time, baby
One more time before you go away
If you let me love you one more time
I think we can talk it over
Before you go away
Here I am, baby
My heart’s right here in my hand
Oh here I am, baby
My heart’s right here in my hand
Oh I don’t want you to leave me, baby
Don’t want you to go
To no other man