| Well, I gotta leave my baby, now
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| 'Cause she won’t leave these numbers 'lone
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| Well, I gotta leave my baby, now
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| 'Cause she won’t leave these numbers 'lone
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| She keep me worried and bothered, Lord
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| And troubled all the time
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| Lord, I work hard ev’ryday
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| And my baby, she won’t let me be true
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| Well, I work hard ev’ryday, people
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| My baby just won’t let me be true
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| My baby don’t do nothin'
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| But play the races all the time
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| My baby plays five-forty-two
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| Here come, five-forty-nine
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| My baby told me this mornin'
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| Said, now her daddy go
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| God knows, God knows
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| I wasn’t there no more
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| I say, ooh
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| Baby, how could I get 'ware, to the way you do
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| Well, I decided I would start workin'
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| My babe won’t leave these numbers 'lone
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| No, she won’t
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| Goodbye baby, gotta let you go
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| You won’t leave these numbers, oh Lord
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| Leave, leave these numbers alone |