Lyrics:

somebody have mercy and tell me what is wrong with me somebody have mercy and tell me what is wrong with me sometimes i don't know how i stand the things this woman do to me let me tell you when i think about how she do me, the tears fall down like rain, like rain when i think about how she do me, the tears fall down like rain, like rain when i think i've got her chained down, she starts actin' up again oh let me tell you i'm goin' down to the bus station with a suitcase in my hand, yes i am i'm goin' down to the bus station with a suitcase in my hand, yes i am i'm gonna grab me an armful of greyhound and ride just as close i can do that thing for me now (harmonica solo) let me tell you one more time somebody have mercy i wonder what is wrong with me, lord have mercy somebody have mercy i wonder what is wrong with me, yeah sometimes i don't know how i stand the things this woman do to me do that one more time, my fellas i'm standin' here wonderin', baby, with a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes i am standin', wonderin', baby, with a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes i am oh i got a long way to get there and i got-a some time to go (scat singing, to fade)