Sweet Thang

I slipped out of the house about sundown

While mama was a-washing her hair

And you can bet your bottom dollar she'll come a-looking for me

When she finds that I'm not there

And if she catches her sweet thang running around

I know there'll be the devil to pay

She'll come blowing like a cyclone through that door

And I can hear exactly what she'll say

Well, has anybody here seen sweet thang?

I've got a notion he'll be headed this way

'Cause when my sweet thang's out tom-cattin' around

He finds a sandbox like this to play

I wanna tell all you barroom roses

If my sweet thang does happen by

You better take my advice

If you blink more than twice

You better have something in your eye

I give my baby all my money on payday

Except a little she don't know that I got

'Cause there's a cute little waitress down at the corner cafe

And she seems to like me quite a lot

Well we were sittin' in this back booth, yeah, having a talk

And she's believing every word that I said

When the door blew open and mama walked in

Yelling loud enough to wake the dead

Well, has anybody here seen sweet thang?

I've got a notion he'll be headed this way

'Cause when my sweet thang's out tom-cattin' around

He finds a sandbox like this to play

I wanna tell all you cafe cuties

If my sweet thang does happen by

You better take my advice

If you blink more than twice

You better have something in your eye

Yeah, you better take old mom's advice

If you blink more than twice

You better have something in your eye