| Let me tell you how and why what no-good man done to me He called me pretty, young and wild, after that he let me be He’d taken advantage of my mouth, and that you understand
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| So, wait a while, show you, chile, just how to treat a no-good man
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| Make him stay at home, wash and iron,
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| Tell all the neighbors he done lost his mind
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| Give your house rent shake
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| On Saturday night
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| Monday morning you’ll hold collectors good and tight
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| You see a man you really like
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| Let him bite that monkey, brother, in his back
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| When his cruel heart turn, his love breaks down
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| Hold him where you got him make him stay in town,
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| 'cause I’m a safety woman, lookin' for a safety man
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| Make him stay at home, help me wash and iron,
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| The neighbors know he done lost his mind
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| I give a house rent shake on Saturday night
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| Monday morning I held collectors good and tight
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| I seen a man I really like
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| I let him bite that monkey, brother, smack in his back
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| When his cruel heart turn, his love breaks down
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| I hold it where I had it and he stayed in town,
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| I’m a safety woman, and I had to have a safety man
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| I ain’t good lookin', I’m built for speed
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| I’ve got ev’rything a pigmeat needs
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| 'Cause I’m a safety woman, lookin' for a safety man |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Safety Mama - Original , by - Bessie Smith. Song from the album Bessie Smith Selected Hits Vol. 5, in the genre Блюз