My baby don't have to work Don't have to rob or steal Well, my baby don't have to work Don't have to rob or steal I'll give her everything she needs I am her only driving wheel She left me this morning Said that she would be home soon Well, she left me this morning Said that she would be home soon She said it may be Saturday mornin' Or later Sunday afternoon I wrote my baby a letter Don't want no one to break the seal Oh, I wrote my baby a letter Don't want no one to break the seal Well, we got the letter go to my baby I'm her only driving wheel Now wait a minute I wanna tell you about my baby I wanna tell you about my baby I wanna tell you all about my baby Every time she walk Shake like a leaf hanging on a tree Every time my baby walk Shake like a leaf hanging on a tree Well, I said now, come on pretty baby This is where you get your steak, potatoes and peas My baby don't have to work Lord, she don't have to rob or steal, let me tell y'all Well, my baby don't have to work Lord, she don't have to rob or steal Well, I give her everything she needs I am her only driving wheel Now wait a minute I wanna tell you about my baby I wanna tell you about my baby I wanna tell you all about my baby Every time she walk Shake like a leaf hanging on a tree Every time my baby walk Shake like a leaf hanging on a tree Well, I said now, come on pretty baby This is where you get your steak, potatoes and peas, oh yeah