Classic Poem

The times ain't now
nothing like they used to be
Oh times ain't now
nothing like they used to be
And I'm telling you all the truth
oh take it from me

I done seen better days
but I'm putting up with these
I done seen better days
but I'm putting up with these
I could have a much better time
but these girls is so hard to please

'Cause I was born in the country
she thinks I'm easy to rule
'Cause I was born in the country
she thinks I'm easy to rule
She tried to hitch me to her wagon:
she wanta drive me like a mule

You know I bought the groceries
and I paid the rent
Yeah, I buys the groceries
and I pays her rent
She tried 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 knowed if you don't want me
why don't you tell me so
Because it ain't like a man
that ain't got no where to go

I b'lieve I'm giving you 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 along with me
well, it's your own fault

Now you want me to love you
and you treat me mean
How do you want me to love you
if you keep a-treating me mean
You're my daily thought
and my nightly dream

Sometime I think
that you too sweet to die
Sometime I think
that you too sweet to die
And another time I think
you ought to be buried alive