Four in the morning and the water's pouring down,
Stove don't work and my baby has just left town,

I'm lying on my back 'cause there just ain't nothing to drink,
Empty bottles on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink.

Nothin to drink and the sun ain't gonna shine,
I left my baby 'cause she wouldn't stop lyin',

I'm watching a cockroach crawling in an old bean can,
Says now when your baby's left you I bet it's tough to be a man,
Be a man.

Jimmie Joe come to see me with legs all bandaged up,
He was asking for some money and all I had was a buck,

I saw my baby and she took back all that she said,
It don't make no difference now, 'cause I shot them both in bed.

Four in the morning and the water's pouring down,
Stove don't work and my baby has just left town.