Lord, I was standin' at the crossroad, I was tryin' my best to get a ride I was standin' at the crossroad, I was tryin' my best to get a ride Nobody seemed to know me, everybody was pa**in' by Don't a man feel bad when all he's got is gone? Don't a man feel bad, people, when all he's got is gone? I haven't got nobody, holdin' on my right arm Mama told me when I was a little boy, at home playin' in the sand Mama told me when I was a little boy, down home playin' in the sand She said, "Be a good long time, Texas, before you get to be a man." If I just had listened to what my mama said If I just had-a listened to what my mama said Yeah, I'da been at home asleep in mama's feather bed You have a woman that you really hate to lose You have any-a woman, I say, a woman you really hate to lose Yeah, I had a little woman, I gave her all my money, too