You Keep Her - Joe Tex

James I got your letter

It came to me today

You said I could have my baby back

But I don’t want her that way

So you keep her, you keep her

Because man, she belongs to you

She didn’t make up her own mind

To come on home to me

So I found me someone else

And we’re happy as can be

So you keep her, you keep her

Because now she belongs to you

But you can tell her I said hello James

And remember to always be your lady

'Cause you see when she was with me James

I taught her that a lady stays in a ladies place

And I was the one who taught her

Esther, didn’t I teach her how to make up her face

I taught her how to pick the clothes

And the jewelry to wear

And I was the one who taught her

How to style her hair

My, my, my, she left me

After I taught her these things

Now she didn’t make up her own mind James

To come on home to me

So I found me someone else

And we’re happy as can be

So you keep her, you keep her

Because now she belongs to you