Chorus:
I don’t need two mamas,
Don’t need two sets of keys,
I don’t want to wake up
To your whispering, please.
Here’s the angel and the devil
Talkin’ sweetly to me --
Now, let’s make it easy, just
Leave me here standing and
Send me my freedom,
Give me an early release.
1. Ain’t seen any heartaches,
Lord, since I don’t know when.
Funny, they don’t treat you better
When they find you again.
Such a sad kind of worry
Makes me hang my head low,
Too heavy to carry,
It’s too hard to let go.
Now it’s easy to claim you’re
Just a face in the crowd --
‘Til your eye starts a rovin’,
Then you might as well be
Crying out loud.
Chorus:
Let me tell you,
I don’t need two mamas,
Don’t need two sets of keys,
I don’t want to wake up
To your whispering, please.
It’s the angel and the devil
Talkin’ sweetly to me --
Well, here’s what I’m saying, is
You walk out easy and
Wish me good fortune,
Give me an early release.
2. Thought I needed some sugar
Just to sweeten my tea,
And so beggin’ a little
Didn't seem greedy to me.
Now, no judge and no jury’s
Gonna handle me rough,
When sometimes a little
Ends up bein’ just more than enough.
But I don’t want to be here
When the bridge goes to fall,
Out here where I’m standing,
I'm reachin’ for nothin’,
Really, I'm nowhere at all.
So if we've been wond’rin’
Whose idea was this:
Someone asks a question,
Someone gives an answer,
Either a lie or a kiss.
Chorus:
So let me tell you,
I don’t need two mamas,
Don’t need two sets of keys,
I don’t want to wake up
To your whispering, please.
Though the angel and the devil
Both talk sweetly to me --
Well, let’s make it easy for
This sorry-eyed prisoner, so
You walk out early,
Now, can’t you help me please?
Don’t go walkin’ in my stockings,
Make me read it in the papers,
I’m not trustin’ all your talkin’,
Won’t be knockin’ on your window,
I don’t need to share your coffee,
I don’t want to believe you,
And I won’t stop your goin’.
I don’t need two mamas,
Now, won’t you help me please?
This prisoner, he’s just askin’,
Oh, won’t you help me please?