Men are men in Missouri
Men are men up in Maine
But in Chattanooga
I met one sweet thing
Easy to want
But harder to get
Is this lovin' baby
But I'll keep taunting him, always a-haunting him
Till I get him, maybe
Chattanooga man
If you will, you can
Make me happy night and day
Drive my weary blues away
Please don't maybe me
Treat me lovingly
Gimme a kiss, turn on the bliss
Don't let mama beg like this
I've been craving all my life, it seems
For a certain kind of affection
That's the way my disposition leans
You can fill the bill to perfection
Nobody else in old Tennessee
Ever could make a fool out of me
Like my sugar
Chattanooga man
Gals in Tennessee chase him
Follow him all around
And sometimes they crave him
From another town
Fools with them all
But how he would stall
When they speak of marriage
He's not the kind of man
No woman ever can make him push her carriage
Chattanooga man
If you will, you can
Make me happy night and day
Drive my weary blues away
Please don't maybe me
Treat me lovingly
Gimme a kiss, turn on the bliss
Don't let mama beg like this
I've been craving all my life, it seems
For a certain kind of affection
That's the way my disposition leans
You can fill the bill to perfection
Chickens will cluck, and roosters will crow
But how to love don't nobody know
Like my sugar
Chattanooga man