Well, I gotta leave my baby, now 'Cause she won't leave these numbers 'lone Well, I gotta leave my baby, now 'Cause she won't leave these numbers 'lone She keep me worried and bothered, Lord And troubled all the time Lord, I work hard ev'ryday And my baby, she won't let me be true Well, I work hard ev'ryday, people My baby just won't let me be true My baby don't do nothin' But play the races all the time My baby plays five-forty-two Here come, five-forty-nine My baby told me this mornin' Said, now her daddy go God knows, God knows I wasn't there no more I say, ooh Baby, how could I get 'ware, to the way you do Well, I decided I would start workin' My babe won't leave these numbers 'lone No, she won't Goodbye baby, gotta let you go You won't leave these numbers, oh Lord Leave, leave these numbers alone