Daddy, let me speak my mind,
You're makin' lot of speed, I find,
Don't think you've been hiding
Just how fast you're riding,
'Cause your mama's eyes ain't blind!
I just found out you called upon
a gal uptown,
Your mama's gonna take her papa
down!
Oh, reckless daddy, reckless daddy,
I'm gonna make a wreck out of you!
Here me saying, stop your playing,
Or brown skin, you'll be black
and blue!
Just 'cause you got a new gal on
your brain,
Don't try to railroad me or I'll
flag your train!
Reckless daddy, reckless daddy,
I'll surely make a wreck out of
you!
When we were having company
You're always slipping out on me,
Leave me at eleven, then come back
at seven,
When the milkman's there to see!
You better mend your own and have
it mighty quick,
Before you tell the doctor that
you're sick!
Oh, reckless daddy, reckless daddy,
I'm gonna make a wreck out of you!
Here me saying, stop your playing,
Or brown skin, you'll be black
and blue!
Next time you trifle and you get
me mad,
I'll tell the police just where
you can be had!
Reckless daddy, reckless daddy,
I'll surely make a wreck out of
you!
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Published 7/22/01.
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