NOTE: The parenthetic comment is spoken.
Ba-, baby, ba-, baby
Your baby, your papa needs his lovin'
Oh baby, papa needs his lovin'
Do you remember what you told me two weeks ago?
Do you remember, baby, what you told me two weeks ago?
Lord, had one daddy, really couldn't use no more
Ba-, baby (call her, partner) ba-, baby
Your baby, your papa needs his lovin'
Oh baby, papa needs his lovin'
I can stand right here, look a thousand miles away
I can stand right here, look a thousand miles away
Before I'll stand a foolishness, I'll pack my suitcase and going away
Just like huntin' for a needle that is buried in a bed of sand
Just like huntin' for a needle, baby, buried down in a bed of sand
That is, to find more than five or six women, certainly haven't got no friend
Ba-, baby, ba-, baby
Your baby, your papa needs his lovin'
Oh baby, papa needs his lovin', indeed he do