Be My Woman - Terry Callier

Be my woman, girl, I’ll be your man

Be my woman, and I’ll be your man

Be my woman, girl, I’ll be your man

Now don’t you know, every day is Sunday

And a dollar in your hand

Say, in your hand, mama, yeah, in your hand, I declare now

Every day is Sunday, gonna get a dollar in your hand

Be my woman, child, I’m gonna be your man

Yeah, be my woman, I’m gonna be your man

Just be my woman, and I’m gonna be your man

Now don’t ya know, every day is Sunday

You got a dollar in your hand

In your hand, sugar, square in your hand, I declare now

Every day is Sunday, you got a dollar in your hand

Now you go down to Memphis and you wear your fancy clothes

Yes, you go down to Memphis wearin' all them fancy clothes

You go down to Memphis in your Sunday go-to-meetin' clothes

Now, I go down in overalls and play them dicin' holes

Them dicin' holes, buddy, mean dicin' holes, I declare now

I go in overalls, playin' them dicin' holes

Well, when you get to Memphis, don’t you dare to hang around

Yeah, when you hit that city don’t you dare to hang around

No, when you go to Memphis, don’t you dare to hang around

Well now, Sheriff Stone gonna stop you, then you’re workhouse bound

It’s workhouse bound, yeah, mean workhouse bound, I declare now

Sheriff Stone gonna stop you, and it’s workhouse bound

You know, the prettiest train that I ever done seen

Yeah, the prettiest train that I ever done seen

Yeah, the prettiest train that I ever done seen

It run from Jackson down to New Orleans

It’s New Orleans, yeah, whoa, New Orleans, I declare now

It run from Jackson to New Orleans

You know, the finest woman that I ever done seen

Yeah, the finest woman that I ever done seen

The finest woman I ever done seen

Well, I left her on a corner down in Bowling Green

And it’s Bowling Green, buddy, yes, Bowling Green, I declare now

I left her on a corner down in Bowling Green

And I said, be my woman, I’m gonna be your man

Just be my woman, girl, I’m gonna be your man

Whoa now, if you be my woman, I’m gonna be your man

Every day gonna be Sunday, got a dollar in your pretty hand

Every day is Sunday, you got a dollar in your pretty hand, yeah

I don’t make much money, baby, but I try to do the best I can

Every day is Sunday, you got a dollar in your pretty hand