Oh, no matter what you say, baby   No matter what you do   The way you treat me, baby   You know it's comin' back home to you      And your cryin' won't help you, baby   Oh, cryin' won't help you now   Cryin' won't help you, baby   Because you've been so mean to me      Oh, you must remember baby   No mind no matter where you go   Watch those seeds just scatter   'Coz you gotta reap just what you sow      And your cryin' won't help you, baby   Oh, your cryin' won't help you now   Eh, cryin' won't help you, baby   Because you been so mean to me, yes you have      Oh, before I leave you, woman   Just wanna shake your hand   I'm goin' back to my woman   Gonna let you, get you another man      And your cryin' won't help you, baby   Hey, cryin' won't help you now   Yes, your cryin' won't help you woman   Because you've been so mean to me      You've been mean, you've been mean   You've been mistreatin' me, you've been mean   You know you've been mean to me, baby   You know you've been mean   I'm gonna let you go back, to you're used to be      Can I say it again?   Mean, you've been mean   You've been mistreatin' me woman   You just won't treat me right      Oh, you've been mean   Mean to me, baby   You've been mean   You know you've been so mean to me, woman      You ought to do a little better, baby   You ought to straighten up and fly right   You ought to do a little better, baby   You ought to straighten up and fly right      Yes, you just won't, you just won't   You know you won't, baby   You just won't treat me right, hey      And I talk to this woman again   And I talk to her again   Can I say something else to her?      You've been mean   You've been mean   You've been mean   You've been mean to me, woman      You've been mean   You've been mean   You've been mean to me, baby   You won't treat me right      You've been mean   I say you've been mean   Been mean to me   Hey ya, what you sayin'?