James Alley Blues

Times ain't now nothin' like they used to be
 Oh, times ain't now nothin' like they used to be
 And I'm tellin' you all the truth
 Oh, take it for me
 I've done seen better days but I hate puttin' up with these
 I've done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these
 I had a much better time with these girls
 Now I'm so hard to please
 'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to know
 'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to know
 She tried to hitch me to a wagon
 Wanna drive me like a mule
 You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
 Yeah, I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
 She tried to make me 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 if you don't want me
 Why don't you tell me so?
 I'll go to hell like a man that ain't got nowhere to go
 I've been giving you the sugar for sugar
 But you get salt for salt
 I give you sugar for sugar but you get salt for salt
 And if you can't get along with me, it's your own fault
 How do you want me to love you
 When you treat me mean?
 How do you want me to love you
 You keep on treating me mean?
 You're my very last thought in my nightly dream
 Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
 Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
 And in other time I think
 You ought to be buried alive