there ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears

shakin' like a leaf on a tree

that's coming loose from the stem

shakin' like a leaf on a tree

because i'm coming loose from my man!

i'm like a weeping willow

weeping on my pillow

for years and years

there ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears

down and down he dragged me

like a fiend he nagged me

for years and years

there ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears

although i may be blue

still

i'm true

i must tell him good-bye!

rather than have that man

gonna lay me down and just die!

so broken-hearted sisters

aggravating misters

lend me your ears!

there ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears

although i may be blue

still

i'm true

i must tell him good-bye!

rather than have that man

gonna lay me down and just die!

so broken-hearted sisters

aggravating misters

lend me your ears!

there ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears