Night and day I've been drinking
Trying to get you off my mind
Night and day I've been drinking
Trying to get you off my mind
Now you know that I love you
That is why you treat me so unkind
Now my bread's in the stove
My coffee's gettin' cold
I hear my mother upstairs
Just givin' my father dough
She says, "Ooh-wee, somebody's got to go
I'm tired of you staying out night and day
Somebody's got to go"
Now you told me that you loved me
When you laid down 'cross my bed
You was full of your I.W. Harper
And talkin' all out your head
Ooh-wee, somebody's got to go
I can't stand this jive no longer
Somebody's got to go
Now you tell me that you love me
I know your love ain't true
'Cause how could you love me, baby
And love my best friend, too?
Ooh-wee, somebody's got to go
I can't stand this pressure no longer
Somebody's got to go
I come home this morning
Just about the break of day
I peep through the keyhole
Somebody layin' on my pillow where I'm supposed to lay
Ooh-wee, somebody's supposed to go
I can't stand this pressure no longer
Somebody's supposed to go
Somebody has got to go