(guitar & instrumental). . Ooo, I just got out of the hospital, ya'all. This is my *Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown. My doctor said if I don't. Leave this woman I've got.
You walked outta my life. Now, you want back in, baby. Lord, I wish you were to stay. Where you been, girl. You turn me on and off. Like a neon sign, baby.
(guitar intro). . Another night. Everyone's asleep but me. But I guess I better. See what's on t.v.. . Lookin' at the face. Of a clock on the wall. It said, 'Don, your baby.
Please be there, on time. Please be there, on time. Darlin' please don't be late. Oh, darlin' I can't wait. Please be there at nine. At the usual place.
When we got married. All of our friends were there. Ev'ryone said. We were a happy pair. . Together we would have. A home, sweet home. But listen. They didn't know, uh!.
(all chorus verses with Don). . Come back and take this hurt off me. Baby, come back and take this hurt off me. 'Cause, I'm too young to be in misery.
Let it hang out baby, let it hang out now, now na-na now. Let it hang out baby, everybody work out. . Sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sookie, sue.
All we wanna do, all we wanna do. All we wanna do, all we wanna do. . Just a little lovin' before I go. Just a little lovin' before I go. Baby, hold my hand, I wanna love you some more.
Sometimes you love me like a good woman oughta. Sometimes you hurt me so bad, my tears run like water. Sometimes you get me out, yeah, right before your friends now.
Sitting all alone. In my eve-a-nin' chair. All of my so called friends. Have disappeared. . An all alone, all alone. I don't wanna be. I need you, baby.
It's pony time, get up. Boogety, boogety, boogety shoo. . Hey now everybody. In the Union Hall. It's pony time. When you hear this call. . So get with it.
It seems we stood and talked like this before. We looked at each other in the same way then. But I can't remember where or when. . The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore.
Woo, the joint was a jumpin' on the corner. Down on a honky tonk street. When all of a sudden up drove a Cadillac. And out stepped a cat named Pete. .
Baby, please do somethin'. You must do somethin', yeah. Child, you gotta do somethin'. Do somethin' for me. . Girl, you got me where you want me. Now what ya gonna do, huh?.
I'm the overtime man, girls. Where his love stop. Mine begin, oh. I'm the overtime man. And I don't mind puttin' the hours in. . All you dudes, I'm warnin' you.
Shhhh, quiet it is kept!. . (1, 2, 3, play). . There's a little place that I know. When I wanna hang out. Ev'rybody goes. But they don't talk about it.
Have mercy, have mercy, baby. Have mercy, have mercy on me. . Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read. She said, "Don, your baby's gonna leave you".
(organ & guitar). . There's a sad, sad day, ha!. For me up ahead. I saw this stone woman. Lyin' in my bed. Last night I saw my dreams. Torn in half. I saw my future.