(Locorriere/Sawyer/Haffkine). . You ain't got the right to tell me I'm not lonely. You don't understand what I've been through. He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me.
You ain't got the right. To tell me I'm not lonely. You don't understand. What I've been through. She had every right. To do the wrong that she done to me.
Who dat I see laughing all alone?. Who dat I see faraway from home?. I guess that's me, it must be me. . Who dat I see racing for the sun?. Who dat said, Ain't never gonna own no one.
(Ray Sawyer/Dennis Locorriere/Ron Haffkine). . Lilly Pearl standin' by the woodstove. Cookin' up a pot of fatback and beans. Aprons made outta Martha White flour sack.
I was seventeen years old that day. I was trying to find a w-w-woman for my birthday. So I made up my mind and I didn't waste no time. And I took my daddy's Caddy down the freeway.