I'm.... in a world of trouble I don't know what to do I'm supposed to be one woman's man But I am in love with two! One is my treasure And one is my treat They are both such a pleasure 'Cause they're both so sweet I can't put either of 'em down That's 'awhy I'm slippin' round 'Cause I'm livin' double I'm in a world of trouble
Yes it's a world of trouble That I inhabit now 'Cause I've got one more woman Then the legal laws allow! Now judges would jail me.. And preachers would shout.. Bad talk would nail me If the truth got out Polite society would frown They would claim that I'm just a clown Living double. In a world of trouble.. Well now.. I do not dare reveal This need that I eagerly feel 'Cause to my proper friends.. It would.. scare them.
Don't you know they would Chalk it up to greed Oh but what I truly need Is a new kind of two woman harem! Now let me tell you I got a great big world of trouble, yes.. I've got a woman and a wife And that's the kind of situation ..it could cost somebody's life
Ohh, but I'm gonna bear it Just as long as I can No I don't want to share it with a' no other man Oh Lord and my future is in a fog And they call me a dirty dog! Because I'm a' livin' double In a world... they got me peepin' and hidin'.. slippin and slidin'.. duckin and dodgin'.. runnin' down alleys-hidin' in doorways-behind papers standin' in streetcars- n L Tracks- and buses and down in manholes and anywheres I can find em
'cause I'm SCARED TO DEATH!
'Cause I'm in a great big world...
Fellas, don't ya'll feel bad. Cause we're not the only ones livin' in trouble,double.. The ladies is livin' double.. Some of em livin' triple Some of em livin'.. quadtriplets. Some of em livin' quintetted. And octetted. And a few other "tets."
But we ALL got a great big world... We're living in a world of trouble... A-All.