It's a hard hard time now Good man can't get no dough It's a hard hard time now Good man can't get no dough All I do for my baby don't satisfy her no more I ain't got no job Now you going to put me down I ain't got no job Now you going to put me down You going to quit me baby for a hard‑working clown Time is so hard now Maybe things will change some day I ain't got no job Now you going to put me down And when I get a job maybe you will change your way Don't quit me baby Because I can't find no work to do Don't quit me baby Because I can't find no work to do Because all the dirt you done for me it's coming back home to you I used to be a joker Now I'm going to make a change Don't quit me baby Because I can't find no work to do I'm going to get me a job keep coal in your cold kitchen range