I work all the week long
And get paid every Friday
Bring my money to my baby
Don't stop to speak to nobody
See I'm hungry and beat
Ain't had a thing to eat
And here she comes in, dragging in on out of the street
And then I lose my cool
Break the judge's rule
Go into my act
Your honor, don't you know I'm back?
But if she keep her [?]
There's gonna be some changes around here
"Why did you hit her with that chair?"
I couldn't pick up the table, your honor
"I said, Why did you hit her with that chair?"
I said I couldn't pick up the table. But if she keeps her [?]
There's gonna be some changes around here
"Why did you hit her with that chair?"
She stayed out all night long
Came home, the sun was bright
You know her hair was all changed up
And her clothes wasn't fitting her right
I said Louise, where in the world you been?
She looked at me and grinned
"Why did you hit her with that chair?"
I couldn't pick up the Frigidaire
"That ain't got nothin' to do with it!"
You said what, your honor?
You gonna do what?
You gonna give me a year for hitting that girl?
Don't do that, your honor
But you know I can do that standing on my head
"I'm gonna give you another year to better yourself"
Don't do that your honor, I can't stand no pressure like that
You know I can't, I got too many children, I can't put up with that
"So why did you hit her with that chair?"
I came home the other night
Just as high as I could be
There's a head laying in my bed
Where my head's supposed to be
I said uh Louise, what can this thing be?
She said "It's a cabbage head that your mother sent to me."
I said I may be kind of [?] and kind of twisted I know
But I ain't never seen a cabbage with hair on it before
Then I lost my cool
Broke the judge's rule
Went into my act
Your honor don't you know I'm back
But if she keep her [?]
There gonna be some respect around here
Just a little respect
Why you do me wrong?