Leaving Me

Oh, darling

After all this time

You seem to me, girl

To be changing your mind

We don't talk no more

Like we used to do

Baby, what in the world has come over you?

(Leaving me) Oh, baby

(Can't be) Tell me, baby

(What you're telling me) I wanna know

(Baby) I heard somebody say

(Leaving me) Had your clothes packed, baby

(Can't be) I

(What you're telling me) I want you to go, baby

(Baby) Listen here

Lately, I felt that you

Avoided my conversations

You would turn on the TV, yes you would

Give me an aggravation

I just don't know, I just don't know

What I've done to you

But whatever it is, child

I hope one thing can't be true

And that is

(Leaving me) Ooh, mom

(Can't be) Ah, ah

(What you're telling me) Ooh, yes I do

(Baby) Sometimes I moan

(Leaving me) Mmm, ho, Lord

(Can't be) You don't know

(What you're telling me) Don't know what it's doing to me, baby

(Can't be) Oh, Lord

Girl, if you only knew what

What was going through my mind

You'd stop fooling around, yes you would

And give me all your time

The best years I've had

I spent 'em all with you

If you left me one day

I'd be through

(Leaving me) I'm sick, baby

(Can't be) Somebody, somebody

(What you're telling me) Somebody know what I'm talkin' about out there

(Baby) I, I

(Leaving me) Sit right down

(Can't be) I know what it's gonna be like

(What you're telling me) When you're gone, baby

(Baby) I'm gonna be here

I'm gonna be here with the neighbors

And you know how the neighbors talk

Old Tom over there, he won't

Even leave me in the house

And Old Mary down there

She don't know what she's talkin' about