[Verse 1]
Listen, daddy mine, what do you want of me?
I've been just as good as could be
Now the love I have for you has turned to hate
You don't appreciate, so daddy, there's the gate
You can't do what my last man did
Dog me around, treat me like you did

[Verse 2]
I see right now you must be told
That I can't stand no man that's cold
Who can't love me sufficiently, yes
To make me forget my used-to-be
He could love like a lover should

[Verse 3]
You've lost your nest, go east or west
But go, I mean just go
'Cause that last cruel papa, he blacked my eye
The next man who tries is doomed to die
'Cause you can't do what my last man did

[Verse 4]
Now early this morning, you wanted to fight
'Cause you heard that I cabareted last night
Tried to take my money and pawn my flat
Now you've worn the welcome clean off my mat
Daddy, you...
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
Now when the clock on the wall strikes half past three
I want all the things you took from me
'Cause you can't do what my last man did