I slipped out of the house
while mama was a -washing her hair.
And you can bet your bottom dollar,
she'll come looking for me,
when she finds that I'm not there.
And if she catches her sweet thing
I know there'll be the devil to pay.
Well, she'll come blowin' like
a cyclone through that door
And I can hear exactly what
Well, has anybody here seen Sweet Thing?
I got a notion he'll be headed this way
Cause when my Sweet Thing
starts his slippin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I want to tell all you foreign roses
If my sweet things should happen by
You better take my advice
And if you blink more than twice
You better have something in your
I give my baby all my money on payday,
except a little that she don't know I got.
Cos there's a cute little waitress
and she seems to like me quite a lot.
Well, we were sittin' in this back booth
and she's believin' every
Well, has anybody here seen my sweet thing?
I got a notion he'll be headed this way
Cause when my sweet thing
starts his slippin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I want to tell all you cafe cuties
if I sweet things should happen by
You better take mom's advice,
and if you blink more than twice
you better have something in your eye
You better take old mom's advice,
and if you blink more than twice
you better have something in your eye
