Purple tangles with his wife, he just struggles through his life
But he can't get a little independence
Say your sister's got a babe, and her man has gone away
She cries like the Dickens night 'til morn'
Got no bread to pay the landlord
Got a song that I can sing to clear my head with
One more time before your trouble
And you say, "To hell with it", and keep repeating
One more time for his wife, one more time for his life
One more time for all his independence
One more time for the rent, one more time for the man
One more time for sister and her baby
One more time is all you need to say
To get you right
One more time, just a little bit, one more time, just a little bit
One more time, just a little bit, one more time, just a little bit
One more time, just a little bit, one more time, just a little bit
One more time, just a little bit, one more time, just a little bit
Say your brother's got a Jones, and he looks like skin and bones
He says he can kick it when he wants to
Or your mama's on her feet, and she's eatin' at the street
Your friends get the giggles when she pass
Got no pride to face the world with
'Cause my head is on my chest, I'm looking downward
One more time, and then the problem
Got to straighten out my brain from going crazy
One more time for his Jones, one more time for his bones
One more time for kicking when he wants to
One more time for a foot, one more time for the street
One more time for all the laughing faces
One more time for his wife, one more time for his life
One more time for all his independence
One more time for the rent, one more time for the man
One more time for sister and her baby
One more time for his wife, one more time for his life
One more time for all his independence
One more time for the rent, one more time for the man...