Hard times in the city

I get over, I get under

Don't it make you feel dizzy?

All the anger

I don't mean to be jealous

But my eyes have seen you with fellas

I find it hard to be part of the city when it's so unjust

It makes me feel like I wanna die, that's why.

I don't drink alone

(I never drink alone)

I got a big fine mamma at home

(I just can't get enough)

She calls me chicken bone

(My midnight tone)

And then she rolls me like a stone

(I just can't get enough)

Bricked up in the city

And the buildings are laughing

Pay check burning my pocket

Going to buy a gold chain and a locket

Makes me feel like I'm gonna lie, that's why.

I don't drink alone

(I never drink alone)

I got a big fine mamma at home

(I just can't get enough)

She calls me chicken bone

(My midnight tone)

And then she rolls me like a stone

(I just can't get enough)

She sings when it's over

When it's over she sings

She doesn't worry as I walk out the door

'cos tomorrow I'll bring

Two small chocolates and a bottle of wine

A very nice time.

All my pennies, my farthings

For my mortgage that I'm under

At her place all the sorrows

Of the world can wait 'til tomorrow

She makes me feel like it's all alright, that's why.

I don't drink alone

(I never drink alone)

I got a big fine mamma at home

(I just can't get enough)

She calls me chicken bone

(My midnight tone)

And then she rolls me like a stone

(I just can't get enough)

I don't drink alone

(I never drink alone)

I got a big fine mamma at home

(I just can't get enough)

She calls me her chicken bone

(My midnight tone)

And then she rolls me like a stone

(I just can't get enough)

Like a stone

Like a stone

(I just can't get enough)

Like a stone

Like a stone

(I just can't get enough)

Like a stone.