James Alley Blues-Richard Rabbit Brown

Times ain't now nothing like they used to be Oh times ain't now nothing like they used to be And I'm tellin' you all the truth oh take it for me I done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these I done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these I been havin' a much better time with these girls Now I'm so hard to please 'Cos I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to rule 'Cos I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to rule She try to hitch me to her wagon She want to drive me like a mule You know I bought some groceries and I paid the rent Yes I buy some groceries and I pay the rent She try 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 know if you don't want me why don't you tell me so Because it ain't like a man that ain't got nowhere to go I've been givin' 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 'long with me well it's your own fault How you wanted me to love you and you treat me mean How do you want me to love you you keep on treatin' me mean You're my daily thought and my nightly dream Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die And another time I think you oughta be buried alive