quit your low down ways

oh you can read out of your bible

you can fall down on your knees

pretty mama

and pray to the lord

but it ain't gonna do you no good

you're gonna need

you're gonna need my help someday

well

if you can't quit your sinnin'

please quit your lowdown ways

well you can run down to the white house

you can gaze at the capitol dome

pretty mama

you can pound on the president's gate

it'll do you no good

well you can run down to the desert

throw yourself on the burnin sand

you can raise up your right hand pretty mama

but you better understand

you can hitch hike on the highways

you can stand alone by the side of the road

you can try to? a ride back home pretty mama

but you can't ride in my car

quit your lowdown ways