I work hard every day till my hair turns gray I think I'm getting ahead cause I got a raise in my payBut as fast as I can make it, she's spreading it aroundShe's showing one of my best friends a real good timeLetting him wear my clothes and shoesDriving my car to eat my foodHe's even sleeping in my bedWhile I'm out doing a half day's workI said, oh, this love thing can be so bad sometimesYeah, yeah, didn't know you're thinkingThat you're the only oneYour love is safeBut it's all in your mindIt's a pain-jumping night on my homesteadThey're stealing my love right out of my handIt's a pain-jumping night on my homesteadBeware of these peopleCause they might do you the sameListen, it came on meWith a loving on my mindGrabbed up my womanBut to my surprise I findSomebody had been paintedWhile I had to take my claimThey even had the nerveTo tell me his nameJust as the love I had for youIt's all gone and we are throughIt seemed that spell they put on herTo take my claim and find anotherIt's the first time I've heard of loveI thought this love thingCouldn't be so bad sometimesYeah, yeah, didn't know you're thinkingThat you're not the sameBut it's all in your mindIt's a pain-jumping night on my homesteadThey're stealing my love right out of my handIt's a pain-jumping night on my homesteadOn my homesteadWhere are these people atCause they might do you the sameOhOh lordNothing to burn a devil in the skyI'm gonna take a loveAnd run in a hot dayAll rightYeahOh