James Alley Blues

The times ain't, now, nothing like they used to be
Oh, times ain’t, now, nothing like they used to be
And I'm telling you all the truth, oh, take it from me

I done seen better days, but I'm putting up with these
I done seen better days, but I’m putting up with these
I would have much a better time, but these girls, now, is so hard to please

'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule
'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule
She try to hitch me to a wagon, she wanna drive me like a mule

You know, I bought the groceries and I pay the rent
Yeah, I buy the groceries and I paid the rent
She try to make me to wash her clothes, but I got good common sense

I said, "If you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?"
You know, that if you don't want me, why don’t you tell me so?
Because it ain’t like a man that ain't got nowhere to go

I been giving you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
I’ll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
And if you can't get along with me, well, it's your own fault

How do you want me to love you, and you treat me mean?
How do you want me to love you, you keep a-treating me mean?
You're my daily thought and my nightly dream

Sometime I think that you’re too sweet to die
Sometime I think that you're too sweet to die
And another time I think you ought to be buried alive