Ah, tell me mama Ah, tell me darlin' Now that it's time for me to go Ah, don't you hold me down And k** the man you love Sweet mama what you gonna do Ah, now darlin' what you gonna do Mama what you gonna do for love Ah, when that sun shines Ah, honey And I'm living in your love again Ah, won't you let me know Do I stay or do I go Oh, yeah Ah, darlin', what you gonna do now I said now mama what you gonna do Now mama what you gonna do for love When I'm gone When I'm gone When I'm gone When I'm gone Ah, when I'm gone Gone gone gone gone gone gone When I'm gone Darlin' so young and tender So quick to surrender Everything that you don't own Know that you've got not You make love like a skinned cat Crawlin' across a highway
Tryin' to git to the other side Don't know why you just gotta try Ah, when that devil When that devil gets you honey Oh, I want to know That's when I'll come home and start to Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do now Aw Daddy what you gonna do for love When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, Lord When I'm gone, gone, gone, mama, when I'm gone When I'm gone, yeah, sweet mama Yes, ah, when I'm gone Get that devil get that devil Gonna go back home, so long Just want to get some sun on my shoulder And get a bit of sand in my shoes I love you New York City, but I see that sun shinin' And I don't want to stay here no more Oh, what you gonna do Oh yeah...