Ah, tell me mama
   Ah, tell me darlin'
   Now that it's time for me to go
   Ah, don't you hold me down
   And kill the man you love
   Sweet mama what you gonna do
   Ah, now darlin' what you gonna do
   Mama what you gonna do for love
   Ah, when that sun shines
   Ah, honey
   And I'm living in your love again
   Ah, won't you let me know
   Do I stay or do I go
   Oh, yeah,
   Ah, darlin', what you gonna do now
   I said now mama what you gonna do
   Now mama what you gonna do for love
   When I'm gone
   When I'm gone
   When I'm gone
   When I'm gone
   Ah, when I'm gone
   Gone gone gone gone gone gone
   When I'm gone
  
   Darlin' so young and tender,
   So quick to surrender
   Everything that you don't own,
   Know that you've got not
   You make love like a skinned cat
   Crawlin' across a highway
   Tryin' to git to the other side,
   Don't know why you just gotta try
  
   Ah, when that devil
   When that devil gets you honey
   Oh, I want to know
   That's when I'll come home and start to
  
   Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do
   Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do now
   Aw Daddy what you gonna do for love
  
   When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, Lord
   When I'm gone, gone, gone, mama, when I'm gone
   When I'm gone, yeah, sweet mama,
   Yes, ah, when I'm gone
   Get that devil get that devil
   Gonna go back home, so long,
   Just want to get some sun on my shoulder
   And get a bit of sand in my shoes
   I love you New York City, but I see that sun shinin'
   And I don't want to stay here no more
   Oh, what you gonna do
   Oh yeah...