Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you
I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues
Once I was crazy 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time
The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days
It seems like trouble going to follow me to my grave
I ain't never loved but three mens in my life
I ain't never loved but three men in my life:
My father, my brother, the man that wrecked my life
It may be a week, it may be a month or two
It may be a week, it may be a month or two
But the day you quit me, honey, it's comin' home to you
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand
I got the world in a jug, the stopper's in my hand
I'm gonna hold it until you meet some of my demands
Another version
Gee, but it's hard to love someone
When that someone don't love you
I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too
I've got those down-hearted blues
I was crazy 'bout a gal
She mistreated me all the time
Next gal I get, she's got to promise to
Be mine, all mine
'Cause she mistreated me
And she drove me from her door
Yes, she mistreated me
She drove me from her door
But the Good Book says
She'll reap just what she'll sow
I ain't never loved but three women in all my life
I never loved but three women in all my life
That was my mother, my sister, and the gal that wrecked my life
(Heavily scatted)
All the dirt you done to me
Is bound to come back to you