me and my babe went to the show I and babe went to the show did we sit on the end? no 'cause a fallen girl was in the very front row
she got real lace curtains on her door she got brussels carpets on the floor but she don't wear no silk or lace no, lords, she don't wear no corsetwaist
so love me sweet, my dear sweet lucy love me sweet, my pretty baby love me sweet, baby sweet lucy love me sweet, pretty baby
now babe's gone'n I won't come home now babe's gone'n I won't come home or with my clothes all wrinkled and my hair ain't sittin' just right in the middle
she makes me want things I never had she makes me want things I never had baby, there's too many things I never had and too many things I will never have
and you're the best that it is and I need you baby, please 'cause you're the best that it is and I need you in all my biz