James Alley Blues

Lyrics

Times ain't now nothing like they used to be Oh, times ain't now nothing like they used to be I'm tellin' you the truth, oh now, take it for from me I done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these I done seen better days, I'm puttin' up with these I could have a much better time, if you girls weren't 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 Shе wanna hitch me to her wagon, she wanna drivе me like a mule How you want me to love you, keep on treatin' me mean How do you want me to love you? You keep a-treatin' me mean You're my daily thought and my nightly dream You know, I bought the groceries and I paid the rent You know, I bought the groceries and I paid the rent Tried to make me wash her clothes, but I got good common sense Well, if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so? Why, if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so? 'Cause I ain't like a man that ain't got nowhere to go Sometimes I think you're too sweet to die Sometimes I think you're too sweet to die And another time, I think you oughta be buried alive Times ain't now nothing like they used to be Oh, times ain't now nothing like they used to be I'm tellin' you the truth, oh now, take it for from me