understand your man

don't call my name out your window when i'm leaving

i won't even turn my head

don't send your kinfolk to give me no talking

i'll be gone like i said

now you've been saying the same old things

that you've been saying all along

just lay there in your bed

keep your mouth shut until i'm gone

don't give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' morning

understand your man

understand your man

you can give my other suit to the salvation army

and anything else i leave behind

i ain't takin' nothin' they'll slow down my travellin'

while i'm untangling my mind

now i ain't gonna repeat what i said anymore

while i'm breathing air that ain't been breathe before

i'll be gone as a wild goose in winter

then you'll understand your man

what you told me

understand your man