You is just a desperated woman
My baby ain't no earthly good
You are just a desperated woman
My baby ain't no earthly good
I don't need no tellin
I found it out in her neighborhood now
Now my baby k**ed her daddy
An shot her dear old brother, too
She say, was just a funny actin', old man
Old man, didn't know exactly how to do
An she just a desperated woman, now
My baby ain't no earthly good
Now an I don't need no tellin then
I found it out in her neighborhood, now
Now an for k**in' her daddy
My baby even didn't get no time
She winked her eye at the judge
The judge didn't even charge her a single dime
She's just a desperated woman, yeah
My baby ain't no earthly good
I don't need no tellin, yeah
I found it out in her neighborhood
'Now take it John'
I had a good right a-sellin' whiskey
An I sit down and told my baby, so
An she wasn't satisfied until
She let the chief police know
An she's just a desperated woman, yeah
My baby ain't no earthly good
Now an I don't need no tellin, no
I found it out in her neighborhood, now.