Early this mornin', my baby made me cry Early this mornin', my baby made me cry And why she dog me 'round, I just can't tell the reason why I love her and she knows it, but I just can't help myself I love her and she knows it, but I just can't help myself And I would go and leave her but I, just can't love nobodys else I love that mistreatin' woman, baby, and it ain't no lie I love that mistreatin' woman, baby, and it ain't no lie And the day she goes and leaves me, people that's the day she dies Leaves me every morning, she don't come back 'til late at night She leaves me every morning, she don't come back 'til late at night And you know that mistreatin' woman, she sure ain't treatin' her good man right Says, I work the whole year round, tries to give her everything she needs I work the whole year round, tries to give her everything she needs But she leaves me every mornin' and won't fix me a bite to eat