Piece of Man

From the Alligator Records release Old School (AL 4915) by Koko Taylor

Piece Of Man (Taylor)

Hey y'all, listen to me

I want to tell you a thing or two
You can believe it or not,
Know what I'm talking about
Every word I say is true

He come home and love me
And then he's on his way
He like a dog with a bone,
He don't want it but he won't leave it alone

I said a piece of man
Whoa, a piece of man
I said a piece of man
Better than no man at all

I learned my lesson a long time ago
Don't hold on when he wanna go
He'll be back 'fore the cows come home
With a hump in his back, and his good things gone

I said a piece of man
Whoa, a piece of man
I said a piece of man
Better than no man at all

He got a key to my front door
He got a pad that's whiter than snow
He got a bed, rock you to sleep
When he holds me in his arms it's all right with me

I said a piece of man
Whoa, a piece of man
I said a piece of man
Better than no man at all

I swim the ocean, deep and wide
Moanin' for a man, right by my side
I asked the master, "Will a little more hurt?"
And he said, "do your thing," I'd drop my skirt

I said a piece of man
Whoa, a piece of man
I said a piece of man
Better than no man at all
No man at all
No man at all
No man at all
No man at all
Don't want him short
Don't have to be tall
Don't have to be big
Don't want him small
I want a fat man, thin man
A poor man too