And it have caused me to weep And to - It done caused me to weep And to moan It done caused me to weep An it caused me to moan You know that love done caused Me to leave my happy home
Oh love'll lie Oh love, just
Oh love, oh
Oh, love'll die Ooh, love Oh love, oh careless - Now you can see me What a careless love have -
My mother, she told me When I was a child
My mother, told me When I was a child
My mother, she told me She told me When I was a child 'These old, battleaxe women Son, gon' run you wild'
Then I said, 'That's the reason' Oh careless love' Oh, love
Oh love Oh, careless love Oh, love'll lie Oh love, oh love Oh careless - Yeah you, can't you see What it have done?
Yes, my mama She used to kneel an pray Oh, my mama She used to kneel an she'd pray An I b'lieve I heard her say 'Oh Lord, will you see my child, today And you see what this careless love Done causin?'
And you can just see, now What a careless love have done Now, you can just see What careless love have done
An you now, you can s- You can You can just see What careless love have done An you know it done 'Caused me to do a lot of things wrong