Safety Mama - Bessie Smith

作词：Bessie Smith

作曲：Bessie Smith

Let me tell you

How and why what no-good man done to me

He called me pretty young and wild

After that he let me be

He'd taken advantage of my youth

And that you understand

So wait a while

I'll show you chile

Just how to treat a no-good man

Make him stay at home wash and iron

Tell all the neighbors he done lost his mind

Give your house rent shake

On Saturday night

Monday morning you'll hold collectors good and tight

You see a man you really like

Let him bite that monkey brother in his back

When his cruel heart turn his love breaks down

Hold him where you got him make him stay in town

'Cause I'm a safety woman lookin' for a safety man

I made him stay at home help me wash and iron

The neighbors know he done lost his mind

I give a house rent shake one Saturday night

Monday morning I held collectors good and tight

I've seen a man I really like

I let him bite that monkey brother smack in his back

When his cruel heart turn his love breaks down

I hold it where I had it and he stayed in town

I'm a safety woman

And I had to have a safety man

Say I ain't good lookin' I'm built for speed

I've got ev'rything a pigmeat needs

'Cause I'm a safety woman

Ah lookin' for a safety man