Understand Your Man

Don't call my name out your window, I'm leavin

I won't even turn my head.

Don't sent your kinfolk to give me no talkin

I'll be gone, like I said.

You'd just say the same old thing

That you be sayin' all along,

Just lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut,

Till I'm gone.

Don't give me that old familiar cry and fuss and moan

Understand your man, I'm tired of your bad-mouthin

Understand your man.

You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army,

And everything else I leave behind

I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my travelin

While I'm untanglin' my mind.

I ain't gonna repeat

What I said any more

While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before,

I'll be just as gone as the wild goose in winter

Then you'll understand your man, meditate on it

Understand your man, you hear me talking

Understand your man. Remember what I told you

Understand your man

Understand your man