Ah, tell me mama   Ah, tell me darlin'   Now that it's time for me to go   Ah, don't you hold me down   And kill the man you love   Sweet mama what you gonna do   Ah, now darlin' what you gonna do   Mama what you gonna do for love   Ah, when that sun shines   Ah, honey   And I'm living in your love again   Ah, won't you let me know   Do I stay or do I go   Oh, yeah,   Ah, darlin', what you gonna do now   I said now mama what you gonna do   Now mama what you gonna do for love   When I'm gone   When I'm gone   When I'm gone   When I'm gone   Ah, when I'm gone   Gone gone gone gone gone gone   When I'm gone       Darlin' so young and tender,   So quick to surrender   Everything that you don't own,   Know that you've got not   You make love like a skinned cat   Crawlin' across a highway   Tryin' to git to the other side,   Don't know why you just gotta try       Ah, when that devil   When that devil gets you honey   Oh, I want to know   That's when I'll come home and start to       Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do   Ah, sweet mama what you gonna do now   Aw Daddy what you gonna do for love       When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone, Lord   When I'm gone, gone, gone, mama, when I'm gone   When I'm gone, yeah, sweet mama,   Yes, ah, when I'm gone   Get that devil get that devil   Gonna go back home, so long,   Just want to get some sun on my shoulder   And get a bit of sand in my shoes   I love you New York City, but I see that sun shinin'   And I don't want to stay here no more   Oh, what you gonna do    Oh yeah...