Turtle Blues - Take 9

Hey, I'm a mean, mean woman

I don't mean no one man no good

Hey, I'm a mean, mean woman

I don't mean no one man no good

I just treat them like I wants to

I never treat someone like I should

I once had me a daddy

Said he'd give me everything in sight, yes he did

Wow, I once had a daddy

Said he'd give me everything in sight

So I said, "Honey, I want the sunshine

You'll take the stars out of the night"

You wanna give 'em to me, baby, right now, yeah!

No, I, I ain't the kind of woman

Who'd make your life a bed of ease

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I'm not the kind of woman

To make your life a bed of ease

Yeah, but if you just wanna go out drinking, honey

Won't you invite me along, please?

I'll be so good to you, yeah!

Yeah, I guess I'm just like a turtle

Hiding underneath its horned shell

Now I guess I'm like a turtle

Hiding underneath its horned shell

But you, you know I'm well protected

I know this goddamn life too well

Oh, well, call me mean, even call me dirty

I've been called much worse things

You know I have

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Call me mean or call me dirty, baby

I've been called much, much, much worse things

Yeah, but I'm gonna take good care of Janice

Honey, no one gonna dog me down

Alright, that's all