I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for me I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for me But these evil-hearted women, man, they will not let me be
I love my baby, my baby don't love me I love my baby, ooooh, my baby don't love me But I really love that woman, can't stand to leave her be
Ain't but the one thing, makes Mister Johnson drink* I's worried about** how you treat me, baby, I begin to think Oh babe, my life don't feel the same You breaks my heart, when you call Mister So-and-So's name
She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time You well's*** to kill me, as to have it on your mind
__________ Note 1*: alternatively "dream" instead of "drink" Note 2**: alternatively "I swear by" instead of "I's worried about" Note 3***: a dialectic contraction of "had just as well", still in comon usage