Sweet Thang

I slipped out of the house about sundown
While mama was a-washin' her hair
And you can bet your bottom dollar she'll come looking for me
When she finds that I'm not there
And if she catches her sweet thing a-running around
I know there'll be the devil to pay
She'll come blowing like a cyclone through that door
And I can hear exactly what she'll say

Well, has anybody here seen sweet thing?
I got a notion he'd be headed this way
'Cause when the sweet thing's out tom-cattin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I wanna tell all you barroom roses
If my sweet thing does happen by
You better take my advice and if you blink more than twice
You better have something in your eye

I give my baby all my money on payday
Except a little she don't know that I got
'Cause there's a little cute waitress at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me quite a lot
Well, we were sitting in this back booth a-talking
And she's believing every word that I said
When the door flew open and mama walked in
Yelling loud enough to wake the dead

Well, has anybody here seen my sweet thing?
I got a notion he'd be headed this way
'Cause when the sweet thing's out tom-cattin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I wanna tell all you cats and cuties
If my sweet thing should happen by
You better take mom's advice and if you blink more than twice
You better have something in your eye

Yeah, take mom's advice and if you blink more than twice
You better have something in your eye