[Verse 1]
Oh honey baby, if you hadn't been so mean
Oh honey baby, if you hadn't been so mean
Sweet moms would've fed you, and you wouldn't be so lean

[Verse 2]
The Good Book says that you should cast your bread on the water
But you have cast your bread upon the ground
You well know that's the way a triflin' man would do
That's why I turned my back on you

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Now if you had been behaving
Then your love I'd still be craving
But another man is standing in your shoes
And you have got those lost out blues

[Verse 4]
So do you still [hear Ethel?] talking?
It says for you to keep on walking
Your low down actions sure have made you lose
So go and sing those lost out blues