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 Well times ain't now, nothing like they used to be

 Oh times ain't now, nothing like they used to be

 And I’m telling you all the truth, woh take it for me

Well I seen better days, I'm puttin' up with these

I've done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these

I'd have a much better time with these girls, now it's so hard to please

Cos I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule

Cos I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule

She try to hitch me to a wagon, she wanna drive me like a mule

You know I bought the groceries and I pay the rent

Yeah I buys the groceries and I pays the rent

She try to make me to wash her clothes but I got good common sense

I said if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?

You know'd if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?

Because it ain't like a man that ain’t got nowhere to go

I can give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt

I'll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt

And if you can't get 'long with me, well it's your own fault

Ah, you want me to love you, and you treat me mean

How do you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean

You my daily thought and my nightly dream

Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die

Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die

And another time I think, you oughta be buried alive