You've Been A Good Old Wagon (01-14-25) - Bessie Smith

Looka here, Daddy, I want to tell you, please get out of my sight

I’m playin' quits now, right from this very night

You’ve had your day.

Don’t sit around and frown

You’ve been a good old wagon, Daddy, but you done broke down

Now, you’d better go the blacksmith shop and get yourself overhauled

There’s nothing about you to make a good woman fall

Nobody wants a baby when a real man can be found

You’ve been a good old wagon, Daddy, but you done broke down

When the sun is shinin', it’s time to make hay

Automobiles operate.

You can’t make your wagon pay

When you were in your prime, you liked to run around

You’ve been a good old wagon, Daddy, but you done broke down

There’s no need to cry and make a big show

This man knows more about lovin' than you will ever know

He is the king of lovin'.

This man deserves a crown

He is a good old wagon, Daddy, and he ain’t broke down