Walkin' the Back Streets

The other day a woman stopped me
 She said big daddy can I talk to you?
 She said now listen I ain't beggin'
 I'm just lonesome and I'm blue
 She said once I had a good man
 But I didn't know how to act
 By the time I learned my lesson people
 My good man wouldn't take me back
 And she cried
 That was too much for me
 That's why I walk the back streets and cry
 Wooah it hurt me so bad
 It hurt me so bad
 To see my baby say goodbye
 I sent a friend to talk for me
 She said I did the best I could
 You know I lied like a dog for you
 I just couldn't do you no good
 That's when I hit the back streets people
 Just as high as I could be
 You know the man I had misused
 He passed and wouldn't look back at me
 And she cried
 That was too much for me
 That's why I walk the back streets and cry
 Wooah it hurt me so bad
 It hurt me so bad
 To see my baby say goodbye
 Wooah it hurt me so bad
 It hurt me so bad
 To see my baby say goodbye
 She had the gall to call me
 I said you're low-down as you can be
 You know the last time we had an argument
 You called the police on me
 They ran me out of my house people
 While she stood there and grinned
 But the police can't help you lil' girl
 'Cause they can't reel me in
 And she cried
 That was too much for me
 That's why I walk the back streets and cry
 Wooah it hurt me so bad
 It hurt me so bad
 To see my baby say goodbye
 I got to go now