Rise and shine all you gold-digging mothers Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys Slow nights so long she's frenching out flavour She's seventeen but I done went and plum forgot it. No tears are gone they're pooling on the table No tears are

Anytime she goes away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone I know, I know, I know, I know, I know And this house just ain't no home It's not warm when she's away And she's always gone too long Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay

Stay away, why couldn't you stay away? Stay away, won't you just stay away Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away Do you remember what I said That first time we met? I never needed anyone But now that you are gone Taking all my light and

Prices are high now darlin', and all the good jobs are gone Sorry to say, baby, things ain't what they used to be Times is hard, baby and the hustle is really on Times is hard, baby, the hustle is really on Better get yourself a job now, baby, I'm tired

Motherless children The motherless children They don't have anywhere to go Motherless children have a hard time After mother gone away Mother told a child Someday I'll meet you Have a hard time when she's gone Have a hard time when mother is dead

I'm getting ready to let you go Oh, I'm getting ready to let you go I have lost my self respect Oh, baby, I'm getting ready My hands shake, my heart's unsteady Oh, how I once loved you so I know all the magic's gone Wish I had a magic wand I would put a

Won't keep us apart. I'm buildin' bridges straight to your heart, An' all of this distance won't keep us apart, How long can this keep goin' on? Since you've gone, my heart said something's wrong. I'm still blue over losin' you. What else am I gonna do?

In my loneliness When you're gone and I'm all by myself And I need your caress I just think of you And the thought of you holding me near Makes my loneliness soon disappear Though you're far away I have only to close my eyes and you are back to stay I

Every back road, we've ever gone down Friday night bleachers, Sunday pews Ain't a county line mile without a memory of you Every whisper, every room, I walk in Every time the bartender fills it up again Everybody knows why I'm here, and you ain't around

Take it to the head I'm in my zone, damn near got my eyes closed One shot, two shots, I'm gone Don't think about it (be about it) Don't be scared to take it to the head Girl, you fly but if I tell you then you might take it to the head Now we gon' get