Where you say you are going,
You say you are going away
Pack your bags and get lost
Or pay your travelling costs
I won't even cry when you're gone
Takes a good woman to know
When it's really time to go
And daddy you're so mean and evil
Now the sun that is shining above me
It will shine, baby, after you've gone
And that whipping willow tree,
it may whip but not for me
Takes a good woman to know
when it's really time to go
And Papa, you're so mean and evil
Now my mama, she often will warn me
That a man never treats his woman right
She said, try one or two or three
There'll always be another
Takes a good woman to know
When it's really time to go
And daddy you're so mean and
It's something I've never said before
Oh, I've been true to you
I've been keeping true to some others, too
I don't think I'll miss you
Takes a good woman to know
when it's really time to go
And daddy, you're so mean and evil
Oh, but you're so mean and evil
Oh, honey, you're so mean and evil