Yeah, I be goin' down in Florida Where the sun shines damn near every day And sit down on the sand and play Yeah, I think I'll go back to Gainesville That's the place I long to be Yeah, I'll take my woman out on the beach Just to see an old friend of

Do you, do you want my love Do you, do you want my love, woman But I never seen nothin' like you Do you, do you want my face, I need it! Do you, do you want my mind, I'm saying it! In this life I've seen everything I can see woman I've seen lovers flying

Everybody knows I'm here I know I'm here And I'm the hoochie-coochie man Gypsy woman told my momma, before I was born You got a boy-child comin', gonna be a son-of-a-gun Gonna make these pretty women jump and shout And the world will only know a-what

She was nice and loving to me in every way Oh, for ten long years Well, it's all over, baby Well, I had a woman Oh, I had a woman Oh, she used to love me Bring my breakfast to the bed every day Yes, she was my pride and joy She was my pride and joy

I'm every woman, it's all in me I'm every woman, I'm every woman Anything you want done, baby, I'll do it naturally I can read your thoughts right now Every one from A to Z, whoa whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa Whatever you want,

'Do it slow' I don't know Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam But that's just the trouble The name of this tune is Mississippi goddam And I mean every word of it Can't you see it

She's right on the money She goes direct to my heart When it comes to lovin' me She's everything I need, bulls eye-perfect Got a little story for you (bet it's about a woman) Let's begin with the day I met her And how fast this good ol' boy's world got

Lay all your love on me Don't go wasting your emotion Don't go sharing your devotion And all I've learned has overturned I wasn't jealous before we met Now every woman I see is a potential threat And I'm possessive, it isn't nice You've heard me saying

Thank God for this woman, Amen Every night I should be on my knees Lord knows how lucky I am I'll never say near enough She gives me faith She gives me grace She gives me hope She gives me strength

You can bet your last two dollars There ain't no tens All them flaws Scars or tattoos that went rotten Ones you came with or you caused them We all got flaws Flaws, everybody's got 'em The woman that I love, she's purer than a dove I know her best than