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[Verse 1]

Well, that woman done told be a bare faced lie
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I keep a-asking myself, man, why, why, why
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Well, I work all day, bring my pay check home
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I wake up in the morning, find my money's all gone
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She broke me, daddy, yeah, she got me flat
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But what you gonna do when you love a woman like that?


[Verse 2]

She said, "I'm going downtown to the grocery store"
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We got some grits in the cupboard, we don't need no more
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She got all dolled up and put her perfume on
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It's 3 in the morning and that woman ain't home
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I know why she took that grocery sack
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But what you gonna do when you love a woman like that?


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[Verse 3]

She said, "I'm going to the country, spend a week with my mammy
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But I believe to my soul, she gave me a double-whammy
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I called up her momma, said, "My baby bin there?"
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She said, "No, Leroy, I aint'n seen her nowhere"
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I oughta leave her 'cause I got all the facts
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But what you gonna do when you love a woman like that?
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What you gonna do when you love a woman like that?
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What you gonna do when you love a woman like that?