I woke up this mornin' and all my shrimps was dead and gone   I woke up this mornin', ooh, and all my shrimp was dead and gone   I was thinkin' about you, baby, why you hear me weep and moan      I got dead shrimps here, someone is fishin' in my pond   I got dead shrimps here, ooh, someone fishin' in my pond   I've served my best bait, baby, and I can't do that no harm1      Everything I do, babe, you got your mouth stuck out   Hole where I used to fish, you got me posted out   Everything I do, you got your mouth stuck out,   at the hole where I used to fish, baby, you've got me posted out      I got dead shrimps here, 'n' someone fishin' in my pond   I got dead shrimps here, someone fishin' in my pond   Catchin' my goggle-eye perches, and they barbequin' the bone      Now you taken my shrimps, baby, you know you turned me down   I couldn't do nothin', until I got myself unwound   You taken my shrimps, oohh, know you turned me down   Babe, I couldn't do nothin', until I got myself unwound