Cinderella (Single Version)

Last December, I met a girl

She took a likin' to me

Said she loved me

But she didn't know the meaning of the word

She imagined love to be grand

Me holdin' her hand and

Whisperin' sweet things and

Cooin' softly like a songbird

Then one morning, she came to me

With a tear in her eye

And a sigh on her breath, and Lord

She said, "Hon, I'm heavy with child"

And I said, "Goddamn girl, can't you see

That I'm breakin' my back

Just tryna keep my head above water?

And it's turnin' me wild"

Cinderella, can't you see?

Don't want your company

You better leave this morning, leave today

Take your love and your child away

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no

Whoa, whoa, no

Whoa, whoa, no

Whoa, whoa, no

Whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa, no

Rockin' a chair on my front porch

Well, I'm thinkin' about all the things

That I did as a young man

Now that I'm old

I remember her and the boy

Did he have all the toys and the joys

That a young man should have

Before he gets too old?

Cinderella, couldn't you see?

I didn't want your company

You shoulda left that morning, left that day

Took your love and your child away