Well, the river rose, overflowed the banks, and everything's a flood.
The building I've been workin' on is sinking in the mud --
and now you say you're leaving me for brighter, better days! What's good the house? What good am I, if I don't got yer love?

Don't go away - can't you find a way to stay?
Don't go away - please don't go away!

Well, the dogs, we know, they all like you best, gon' follow you out the door. L'il Lulu, Rex, and Fifi, won't come around anymore. And the friends we have, they all sympathize with your side ev'ry time. So without yer love, and without the dogs, I jus count meself so damn poor.

Don't go away - I'll find a way to make you pay!
Don't go away - please don't go away.

Well, we all know the moth dies full of longing for the flame. And the way I lived, desiring you, was more or less the same; I'm gonna swear off all of this lovin' business and just go play the game. So get on out, and take the dogs, I don't wanna even hear your name.

Just go away! Stand aside while I go astray!
Just go away - just get on out and go away!