I'm so blue and lonely, and I feel so down and out
If you let me be your lover,
maybe we can work this out
Well, baby, don't you hear
me begging you
Please don't say that you're leaving,
cause it's the wrong thing for us to do
Mama, you're not so good -lookin'
And you may not dress so fine
But you have a brand of lovin'
Makes me glad to call you mine
Well, babe, don't you
throw a good thing down
Cause there might come a time
When you will need a good
man round
Well, baby, look,
all my pleadin's all in vain
Well, baby, look,
all my pleadin's all in vain
You know you're all right with me,
although I'm afraid to call your name.
Cause you told me that you loved me, said you meant it from the start,
said that we would be together until death do us apart.
But you lied, and you thought
it all in fun
How can I be happy,
Mama, after all the wrong
you've done?
Mama, must I keep confessin' when
you know just where I stand?
Well, I don't intend to lose you,
want to keep you if I can.
Well, baby, I have nev
er had a break.
You're all mine, one and only.
You're everything that
I have each day.