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 looking for me

When she finds that I'm not there

And if she catches her sweet thing a-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

"Has anybody here seen sweet thing?

I got a notion he'd be headed this way

'Cause when the sweet thing's out tomcatting around

He finds a sandbox like this to play

I wanna tell all you barroom roses

If my sweet thing does happen by

You better take my advice

And 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 little cute waitress at the corner cafe

And she seems to like me quite a lot

Well, we were sitting in this back booth a-talking

And she's believing every word that I said

When the door flew open and mama walked in

Yelling loud enough to wake the dead

"Has anybody here seen my sweet thing?

I got a notion he'd be headed this way

'Cause when the sweet thing's out tomcatting around

He finds a sandbox like this to play

I wanna tell all you cats and cuties

If my sweet thing should happen by

You better take mom's advice

And if you blink more than twice

You better have something in your eye"

Yeah, take mom's advice

If you blink more than twice

You better have something in your eye