Buddy Boy Hawkins - Shaggy Dog Blues lyrics

I'm goin up on the mountain, I'm gonna roost just like a hawk I say, I'm goin up on the mountain, tryin to roost just like a hawk Because the women round here treat a good man like a dog Say, I'd rather be shaggy, mama just like a dog I say, I'd rather be shaggy, mama just like a dog Than to hear my jet black woman say "Buddy Boy", she don't need me no more When you see two old jet black women standing up talkin so long When you see two old black women standing up talkin so long Sp: How come I say that! Bet your life there's something going on wrong My mama told me, my papa told me too I say, my mama told me, my daddy told me too Sp: What she told you now? These women round here just simply won't do