[intro] Wake up Mama, your Daddy's locked up in jail Wake Up Mama, Your Daddy's Locked up in Jail Please sweet baby, won't you come and go my bail [rest] I swear to the Lord it wasn't my fault this time No I promise you baby, it wasn't my fault this time I was just listening to music and sipping on little bit of wine [instrumental] This man walked in and he must have been 6 foot five This man walked in and he must have been 6 foot five Said he was after the fellow who'd been running around with his wife [rest] He looked over at me, and baby I damn near died Yes he was staring at me and baby I almost died He was the biggest meanest man, that I ever seen in my life [instrumental] He started coming at me, so I threw a bottle at his head He started reaching for me, and I put a bottle upside his head The way he hit the ground I was afeered he might be dead [pause] The ambulance came and the law took me away The ambulance came and the law took me away When that man comes to there's gonna be hell to pay [instrumental] Wake up Mama, your Daddy's locked up in jail Wake Up Mama, Your Daddy's Locked up in Jail Please sweet baby, won't you come and go my bail [pause] Please sweet baby won't get on out of that bed Please sweet baby won't get on out of that bed Because when your Husband comes to, you know he's gonna kill me dead Yes when your Husband comes to, I'm afraid he's gonna kill me dead [outro] [end]