Now lend me your love, little girl, please lend me your love. Lend me your love, baby, please lend me your love. I know you hear me keep moanin', moanin' just like Noah's dove.
My name is Memphis Slim, they call me the Grinder Man. My name is Memphis Slim, they call me the Grinder Man. If you be my customer, I'll let you have it on a easy plan.
The story's true ladies and gentlemen. All the names have been changed to. Protect the innocent. The year nineteen hundred and forty. The city, Chicago the place, Rubin's Tavern.
Now you may be sweet little woman. As the apple on a tree. Don't want no woman to lay up. And depend on me. . You got to help me some. Yes, you've got to help me some.
I worked all day long out in the cold and snow. I come home lookin' for my supper. You're around some whiskey store. . You're just a whiskey drinkin' woman.
I believe I'll marry, I believe I'll settle down. I believe I'll marry, I believe I'll settle down. Lord, I'm tired of bein' a rambler, my last trip for runnin' around.
Don't think you're smart. Because you've got every man in town. Woman, don't think you're smart. Because you've got every man in town. . Well, well, you ain't doin' nothin'.
Now I walked into a beer tavern. To give a girl a nice time. When I entered, I had forty-five dollars. When I left I had one dime. . Wasn't that a beer drinkin' woman?.