Ain’t it a Crying Shame

[Verse 1]
I've forsaken my sister, forsaken my brother, I’ve forsaken my daddy and my dear old mother
I had to do that to change that woman's name
But now she's fixin’ to leave me, ain't this a cryin' shame?

[Verse 2]
If it wasn't for love, people never would be blue, if it wasn't for women, I d'know what I'd do
They's awful tricky, but I love ’em just the same
But my woman, she have tricked me, ain’t this a cryin' shame?

[Verse 3]
I didn’t know, people, she was that tricky kind, I was very weak and I grabbed the hook and line
But shе had that feelin', and made me change hеr name
She throwed me down, ain't this a cryin' shame?

[Verse 4]
Said, them weak-minded people, they’s easy to be misled, especially when they're sleepin', in their lonesome bed
She had a feelin', and made me change her name
But my baby's fixin' a'leave me, ain't this a cryin' shame?

[Verse 5]
I woke up this mornin', about the break of day, reached over and grabbed the pillow, where she used to lay
It's awful, people, but I love her just the same
But my baby's fixin' to leave me, ain't this a cryin' shame?