T-R-O-U-B-L-E

I play an old piano from nine till a half past one

A-tryna make a livin', watchin' everybody else havin' fun

Well, I don't miss much that ever happens on the dance hall floor

Mercy, look what just walked through that door

Well, hello old T-R-O-U-B-L-E

What in the world you doin' A-L-O-N-E?

Say, hey, good L-double-O-K-I-N-G

I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

I was a little bitty baby when my papa hit the skids

Mama had a time tryna raise nine kids

Told me not to stare 'cause it was impolite

And did the best she could to try to raise me right

Hey, but Mama never told me 'bout a-nothin' like a Y-O-U

'Say, your mother must've been with another somethin' or another too

Hey, good L-double-O-K-I-N-G

I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Well, if you talk about a woman, I've seen a lot of others

But too much somethin' and not enough another

You got it all together like a lovin' machine

Lookin' like glory and walkin' like a dream

Mother Nature's sure been good to Y-O-U

Well, your mother must've been another good-lookin' mother too

Hey, I say, hey, good L-double-O-K-I-N-G

I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Well, you talk about a trouble-makin' hunk of pokey bait

The men are gonna love and all the women gonna hate

Remindin' them of everything they're never gonna be

Maybe the beginning of a World War III

Oh, the world ain't ready for nothin' like Y-O-U, ooh

Well, I bet your mama must've been a good-lookin' mother too

Hey, hey, say, hey

Say, hey, good L-double-O-K-I-N-G

Yeah, I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

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