Past Forty Blues

Well, it was early one Monday morning

When I knocked on my baby's door

Yes, it was early one morning

It was raining, and I knocked on my baby's door

She said, get lost with a spoon

I don't need your rolling no more

She said, "I got a real young man

Who stays ready all the time"

Yeah, she said, "I got a real young man

Who stays ready all the time"

She said, "The way he loves me, daddy

Is about to tie me out of my mind"

What will I do with you, baby

I'm like a leaf that's lost in a flood

She said, "If you like me daddy, go out and find you a young blood"

Yes, it was early one morning

When I knocked on my baby's door

She said, "Get lost soon, hmm, I don't need your rolling no more"

She said, "You're from down in the past 40

You're just like a cake of ice

I need some young blood to put

Some fun into my life"

Yes, you've been a good man

Been a good man down through the years

Hmm, but now it takes too much time

And too long, hah!

For you to get engaged

Hmm, hmm, hmm, oh, yeah