Lyric Sweet Thang

(Nat Stuckey)

I slipped out of the house about sundown
While mama was a washin her hair
And you can bet your bottom dollar she ll come lookin for me
When she ll find that I m not there.

And if she catches her sweet thang slipping around
I know there ll be the debt to pay
Cause she ll come blowin like a cyclone right through that door
And I hear exactly what she ll say.

Well, has anybody here seen sweet thang
I got a notion he d be headed this way
Cause when my sweet thang s out tomcattin around
Finds a sandbox like this to play.

I wanna warn all you barroom roses
If my sweet thang should have a bite
You d better take my advice if you ll blink more than twice
You d better have somethin in your eyes.

I gave my baby all my money on payday
Except a little she don t know that I got
Cause there s a little cute waitress down at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me quite a lot.

We were sittin in the back booth just a havin a chair
And she believed in every word that I said
When that door blew open and mama walked in
Yellin loud enough to wake the dead.

And she said
Well, has anybody here see sweet thang
I got a notion he d be headed this way
Cause when my sweet thang s out tomcattin around
Finds a sandbox like this to play.

I wanna warn all you barroom roses
If my sweet thang should have a bite
You d better take my advice if you ll blink more than twice
You d better have somethin in your eyes...