Early this mornin', my baby made me cry
Early this mornin', my baby made me cry
And why she dog me 'round, I just can't tell the reason why
I love her and she knows it, but I just can't help myself
I love her and she knows it, but I just can't help myself
And I would go and leave her but I, just can't love nobodys else
I love that mistreatin' woman, baby, and it ain't no lie
I love that mistreatin' woman, baby, and it ain't no lie
And the day she goes and leaves me, people that's the day she dies
Leaves me every morning, she don't come back 'til late at night
She leaves me every morning, she don't come back 'til late at night
And you know that mistreatin' woman, she sure ain't treatin' her good man right
Says, I work the whole year round, tries to give her everything she needs
I work the whole year round, tries to give her everything she needs
But she leaves me every mornin' and won't fix me a bite to eat