Oh, times ain't now nothing like they used to be
Oh, times ain't now nothing like they used to be
And I'm tellin' you all the truth, oh, take it for me
I done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these
I done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these
I'd-a have a much better time, but these girls now is so hard to please
'Cause I was born in the country, think I'm easy to rule
'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule
She try to hitch me to her wagon, she want to drive me like a mule
You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
Yeah, I buys the groceries and I pays the rent
She try to make me wash her clothes, but I got good common sense
I said, if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?
You know it, if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?
Because it ain't like a man that ain't got nowhere, go
If you give me sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
I'll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
And if you can't get 'long with me, it's your own fault
Now, you want me to love you, and you treat me mean
Now do you want me to love you? You keep on treatin' me mean
You my daily thought and my nightly dream
Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die
Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die
And another time I think you ought to be buried alive