I slipped out of the house about sundown
While mama was a-washin' her hair
And you can bet your bottom dollar
She'll come a-lookin' for me
When she finds that I'm not there
And if she catches her sweet thing
Runnin' around
I know they'll be the devil to pay
She'll come blowin' like a cyclone
Through that door
And I can hear exactly what she'll say
Well, has anybody here seen sweet thing?
I've got a notion he'll be headed this way
Cause when the sweet thing's out
Tom Captain around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I want to tell all you barroom roses
I want to tell all you barroom roses
If my sweet thing does happen by
You better take my advice
You blink more than twice
You better have something in your eye
You better have something in your eye
I give my baby all my money on payday
Except the little she don't know that I got
Cause there's a cute little waitress
Down at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me quite a lot
Well, we were sittin' in this back booth
Yeah, havin' a talk
And she's believin' every word that I said
Where she's at, where she's at, where she's at



And the door blew open
And mama walked in yellin' loud enough to wake the dead
Well, has anybody here seen sweet thing?
I've got a notion he'll be headed this way
Cause when the sweet thing's out
Tom Captain around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I want to tell all you barroom roses
Cafe cuties
If my sweet thing does happen by
You better take my advice
You blink more than twice
You better have something in your eye
Yeah, you better take old mom's advice
You blink more than twice
You better have something in your eye