Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do
(traditional – adapted by Chuck and Mary Perrin)
I don’t know why I love you like I do pretty mama
nobody in the world can get along with you
you got the ways of a devil sleeping in a lions den
I come home last night you wouldn’t even let me in
sometimes pretty mama you’re as mean as you can be
you get those crazy notions jump all over me
well now you give me the blues
and I hope you’re satisfied pretty mama
you give me the blues and I want to lay down and die
I helped you when you had no shoes on your feet pretty mary
I helped you when you had no food to eat
you’re the kind of woman I just don’t understand pretty mary
you took my money and you give it to another man
you’re the kind of woman makes a man lose his brain
you’re the kind of woman that drives me insane
well you give me the blues
and I hope you’re satisfied pretty mama
you give me the blues and want to lay down and die
you give me the blues and I want to lay down and die
I don’t know why I love you like I do
