me and my babe went to the show   I and babe went to the show   did we sit on the end? no   'cause a fallen girl was in the very front row      she got real lace curtains on her door   she got brussels carpets on the floor   but she don't wear no silk or lace   no, lords, she don't wear no corsetwaist      so love me sweet, my dear sweet lucy   love me sweet, my pretty baby   love me sweet, baby sweet lucy   love me sweet, pretty baby      now babe's gone'n I won't come home   now babe's gone'n I won't come home   or with my clothes all wrinkled   and my hair ain't sittin' just right in the middle      she makes me want things I never had   she makes me want things I never had   baby, there's too many things I never had   and too many things I will never have      and you’re the best that it is   and I need you baby, please   'cause you’re the best that it is   and I need you in all my biz