Well, you thought I'd be waitin' up
When you came home last night
You'd been out with all the boys
And you ended up half tight.
But liquor and love that just don't mix
Leave a bottle or me behind
And don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind.
No, don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind
Just stay out there on the town
And see what you can find.
Cause if you want that kind of love
Well, you don't need none of mine
So don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind.
--- Instrumental ---
You never take me anywhere
Because you're always gone
Many a night I've laid awake
And cried dear, all alone.
And you come in a kissin' on me
It happens every time
No, don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind
No, don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind
Just stay out there on the town
And see what you can find.
'Cause if you want that kind of love
Well, you don't need none of mine
So don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind.
No don't come home a drinkin'
With lovin' on your mind.
Seriously the way he pulled Loretta aside like that for someone else JUST after she'd sang was one of the most rude things I've ever seen in show business. NO CLASS!! What a lady she was. What a jack ass he was.
Simple music arrangements accompanying simple lyrics written by an essentially simple country woman for simple folks equals GOLD MINE! Good on Lorettie. Her songs were obviously autobiographical, and in this particular song I must conclude that Ole Doolittle came home drunk one night and tried to put the freak on Loretta, but she wasn't havin' it, eh? hahaha
The respect for Loretta came from writing these songs. They had more personality than anything male/female, country or rock. Men looked at her in awe. She was a one woman wrecking ball unlike Miley Cyrus.