Now if you go out and start a playing around   Your baby?s gonna tear your playhouse down   You better keep it on your mind all the time   You better keep it on your mind all the time      You?ll be moanin? and a groanin?   Lord, you better keep it on your mind      Now wrong is wrong and right is right   If you make a snake mad he?s sure gonna bite   You better keep it on your mind all the time   You better keep it on your mind all the time      I?ve had it proven to me   Lord you better keep it on your mind      Every fuss with a woman has got the same ole end   I don?t believe the good Lord meant for a man to win   You better keep it on your mind all the time   You better keep it on your mind all the time      You?ll be singing blue and lonesome   Lord, you better keep it on your mind      If you make your baby mad and she says goodbye   There ain?t a thing you can do but sit at home and cry   You better keep it on your mind all the time   You better keep it on your mind all the time      You better call her sweet mama   Lord, you better keep it on your mind      If the judge says, "Pay her forty dollars a week"   You?ll dig up the money or you?ll work the streets   You better keep it on your mind all the time   You better keep it on your mind all the time      When you?re wearing striped britches   Son, it?s gonna stay on your mind      So kiss her every mornin? and love her every night   Boy, you can?t win no matter if you?re right   You better keep it on your mind all the time   You better keep it on your mind all the time      You better heed this warning   Lord, you better keep it on your mind