What's on your worried mind? You keep your poor man worried and bothered all the time Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Lawd, Lawdy, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd I'm a poor old boy been treated just like a dog Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Got a new way, baby, of spelling Memphis, Tennessee Double m, double e, double t, double xyz Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Baby, baby, what makes you mistreat me so? I've done all that a poor boy could do Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy I helped you, baby, when your kinfolks turned you down Now you're loving someone else, babe, and you done left this town Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Looky-here, baby, what more you want me to do I've sacrificed my mother just to get along, 'long with you Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Ever lay down laughing and wake up hollering and crying? And you think about the woman you treated so nice and kind Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy When you've got money your friends will hear your plea When you ain't got no money, you'll have to come home to me Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Take my woman, I won't get mad with you 'Cause she three times seven and she knows what she want to do Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Woke up this morning, I was half-most dead I was borne down with a low and ache-aching head Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy Baby, baby, won't you forgive me please? You're the only woman to give my poor, poor heart ease