I'm looking for a woman nowadays
That knows how to treat me right
I haven't never been married
And I don't know what--a wife
Aw, baby, don't you dance so light
I know you're fixin' to stay out all night
I am looking for the woman nowadays
Knows how to treat me right
(Now can you people find me a woman nowadays that knows how to treat
Me right? I don't know nothing,
And I don't believe in stayin' away from home all night)
Now, mama, don't you dance so rough
I know you're fixin' to strut your stuff
Can you find me a woman nowadays
Knows how to treat me right
(I went out yesterday evening, I call myself out visiting.
A lady had invited me over to dinner.
Now I'm gonna tell you people just what she had on her table)
She had turnip greens, turnip greens
It's something that I don't eat
Turnip greens, turnip greens
Walk around the corner and you'll meet
You'll meet cabbage and cornbread and buttermilk, too
It 'tain't no tellin' what a woman won't do
Turnip greens, turnip greens
Something that I don't eat
Oh, mama, don't you dance so light
Fixin' to slip off and stay out all night
I'm looking for me, a woman nowadays
Knows how to treat me right
(Now I'm going to get me a woman, too,
That knows how to treat me right. I'm a man with a family,
And I swear I ain't gonna stay out away from home all night)
Oh, mama, don't you dance so rough
I know you're fixing to strut your stuff
I'm looking for me, a woman nowadays
Knows how to treat me right, I mean
Knows how to treat me right