Story Behind The Song

Typical country or blues theme of depressed man whose wman left him.

Song Description

Man is happy in his content life but woman appranetly is not and leaves him. Man very sad and loses everything and starts drinking. Man keeps calling woman. Eventually she reconsiders and comes back. Man very happy and proclaims this.

Lyrics

There once was a time when I felt so good, everything was just goin? like it should,
Had a plenty of money, and a house so large, two new cars in my garage,
I had a woman who treated me of so fine, she was just like the finest wine,
Then one day she got up and went,
My world came down , couldn?t pay my rent,
Repo man came to take my car,
Never though I could fall so far,
There I was, all alone,
I called up my baby on the telephone,
I said, ?Hey there mama, don?t leave this way, please baby listen to what I got to say?
?Hey pretty baby come back to me, you know I?m not the man I used to be?
?Hey now honey, I?m down on my knees, begging you come back to me please?
?Hey there mama, don?t you leave me this way?

Then I heard you had started anew, man I sure did feel so blue,
Livin? day to day, drinkin whiskey alone, nothin? to do but cry and moan,
My house was gone, both cars too, but baby all thought of was you,
Then I lost my job, my worst fear,
Livin? just to cry in my beer,
I felt like Hell, so I had another drink,
But just about then I started to think,
Looked up in the sky, thought I saw a sign,
I reached in my pocket and pulled out a dime,
I called, ?Hey there mama, don?t leave this way, please baby listen to what I got to say?
?Hey pretty baby come back to me, you know I?m not the man I used to be?
?Hey now honey, I?m down on my knees, begging you come back to me please?
?Hey there mama, don?t you leave me this way?

Then you said might come back to me, said you just wanted to be more free,
You know baby, that?s a- OK, just the thing I wanted to hear you say,
Well, you know that just singin? this song, getting? back on my feet where I belong,
I?ll be waitin? for you on the old front stair,
Looking for your long black hair,
Waitin? for you turn up my street,
You know that I?ll jump to my feet,
With all to hear however I may,
Baby I got somethin? to say,
I said, ?Hey there mama, don?t leave this way, please baby listen to what I got to say?
?Hey pretty baby come back to me, you know I?m not the man I used to be?
?Hey now honey, I?m down on my knees, begging you come back to me please?
?Hey there mama, don?t you leave me this way?

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