[Intro]
"Well, well, here again, back in the same old place
How y'all doin’?"
[Verse 1]
"Hey, my man!"
"Uh-oh, here comes trouble, that same old cat again"
"What's happ'nin’, deal?"
"Why?"
"You been in jail, ain't you?"
"Now how come I had to be in jail?"
"Well, it's just good to see you back on the scene again!"
"Yeah, I been away"
"Hey, look here!"
"What's that?"
"If you keep messin' with my old lady, you goin' back!"
[Verse 2]
"Say, man..."
"Yeah"
"Speakin' about your old lady, I seen that new girl you got"
"Yeah, isn't she nice?"
"Yeah, she got everything a man would want - mustache, [?], everything!"
"What’s that?"
[Verse 3]
"Hey, look here!"
"What’s that?"
"I was out with your girl"
"Is that right?"
"Yeah! Man, that chick was so skinny she had to tie some knots in her legs to make some knees!"
"Aww, that wasn't none of my girl then"
"Who was it then?"
"That was your wife"
[Verse 4]
"You tryin’ to call my old lady ugly on the sly?"
"No, I wouldn't call her ugly. The word isn't in the dictionary to call her"
"Them there's fightin’ words!"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"That's alright with me"
"You meet me after dark tomorrow night in the alley!"
"I'll be there"
"You gonna be there by yourself?"
"That's right, I'll be there all by myself"
"I knew it, 'cause I ain't comin'!"
[Verse 5]
"Say, man..."
"Yeah?"
"That sure is a nice suit you got on there"
"Yeah, you like it?"
"Yeah, it's sharp, it's a see-more suit, isn't it?"
"What kind of suit is that?"
"You see more holes than suit!"
[Verse 6]
"Say, you know what, man?"
"What's that?"
"I could do what you're doin'!"
"How come you ain't doin' it, then?"
"I got you doin' it!"
"Somebody's got to do something up here, you ain't doin' nothing"
"I done told you, you can't do what you see me do"
"What you doin' you oughta be ashamed you gettin' paid for"
"You look like an accident..."
Say Man, Back Again was written by Bo Diddley.
Say Man, Back Again was produced by Bo Diddley & Phil Chess & Leonard Chess.