I'll get the blues 'round about midnight Early with the risin' sun I'll get to thinkin' bout my sweet woman And all the good she done And my heart gets like a hammer And my eyes get full a-tears She only been gone about twenty-four hours But it seem like a thousand years Boys, I should have loved her more But you know I didn't treat her right Yes, I should-a loved her more But you know I didn't treat her right You take a woman like that Need lovin' ev'ryday an night Now the blues get-a pilin' up on me But I brought it all on myself When I should-a been lovin' my woman I was out with somebody else Now, here's a mighty hard pill to swallow But I want all you men to know You better mind what you are sowin' Because you've got to reap what you sow Boys, don't never dog your woman When you know you're doin' wrong, yourself Yes, don't never dog your woman When you know you're doin' wrong, yourself It'll put the devil in her mind She will go wild about somebody else Now, the river runs into the ocean And the ocean po's into the sea But if I don't find my sweet woman Somebody got to bury me Because I love that woman Better than I do, myself, hoo Yes, I love that woman Better than I do myself, ooo And it really breaks my heart But I know she with somebody else. ~