When I first met you, baby    Baby, you were just sweet sixteen    When I first met you, baby    Baby, you were just sweet sixteen    You just left your home then, woman    Ah, the sweetest thing I'd ever seen       But you wouldn't do nothing, baby    You wouldn't do anything I asked to    You wouldn't do nothing for me, baby    You wouldn't do anything I asked to    You know you ran away from your home, baby    And now you wanna run away from old B. too       You know I loved you, baby    I loved you before I could call your name    You know I loved you, baby    Baby I loved you, I love you before I could call your name    Well, it seems like everything I do now baby    Everything I do is in vain       My brother's in Korea, baby    My sister's down in New Orleans    Brother's in Korea baby    My sister's down in New Orleans    You know I'm having so much trouble woman    Baby, I wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me