Man Size Job

Man Sized Job performed by Koko Taylor

From the album Koko Taylor, Deluxe Edition

You've been going 'round talking,

Saying he's young enough to be my son

But you can't blame him,

'Cause you left your job half done

Now you're telling everybody I robbed the cradle

Oh, what a cradle I robbed!

So just get out the way

And let a boy do a man sized job

When you had what he got

You didn't know what to do with what you had

So put the blame where it belongs, boy,

I know you feel real bad

'Cause if the groove don't move me

I'm not the kind to sit around and sob

So, just get out the way

And let a boy do a man sized job

'Cause he young enough not to be old fashioned

And he old enough not to be naive

I say he young enough for a whole lot of action

And old enough to know how to please

You're telling everybody that I let him make a fool of me

But I'd rather be a fool than an old man's used-to-be

Now you're telling everybody I robbed the cradle

Oh, what a cradle I robbed!

So just get out the way

And let a boy do a man sized job

You've been going around telling everybody

How you make me feel

But time moving on, boy

Only you that's standing still

Now you're telling everybody I robbed the cradle

Oh, what a cradle I robbed!

So just get out the way

And let a boy do a man sized job

So just get out the way

And let a boy do a man sized job

Get out my way, get out my way, now

Get out my way, y'all, get out my way

Move, old man! Get out my way, now

Come on over here, little boy

Get out my way, get out my way

Move, old man! Let that young boy come over here

Get out my way, get out my way