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...