Last night you called me from Arkansas
   So that's where you are!
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   So they think they can take you away from your ma -
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   Mother in-law, father in-law
   Lovers and lawyers in Arkansas
   Laid down the law;
   Said I was crazy
   Crazy and lazy
  
   They expect me to go before a judge and stand there shaking
   While my heart is breaking
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   Mother in-law, father in-law
   Lovers and lawyers in Arkansas
   Laid down the law;
   Said I was crazy
   Crazy and lazy
  
   Oh I'm gonna get a judge who is a lady
   I'm comin' to get you, let there be no mistaking
   Maybe she knows about having a baby.
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking
   I'm coming to get you, let there be no mistaking