I've been down on my luck, I've been down on my knees   Well I've been downtown and I've been down on the farm   I can't be satisfied, but I'm gonna have to find   A way to kick back and take off the edge      Now there's a little girl I know just south of Tupelo   Her hair is dark and her legs are long and tanned   She rubs my back just right till way up in the night   She knows how to take off the edge      I've been laid up with the flu, laid off a time or two   I've been uptight and I've been up a creek   I'm gonna take my bamboo pole and head out to the fishing hole   Don't you know it helps to take off the edge      Now there's a little girl I know just south of Tupelo   Her hair is dark and her legs are long and tanned   She rubs my back just right till way up in the night   Yeah, she knows how to take off the edge      Now it's morning once again, oh, Lord I just punched in   And I can't hardly wait till quitting time   Gonna get that big brown jug all I need is a little slug   Just another way of taking off the edge      And there's a little girl I know just south of Tupelo   Her hair is dark and her legs are long and tanned   She rubs my back just right till way up in the night   Well she knows how to take off the edge   Oh, she sure knows how to take off the edge      Uh, uh yes sir