Don't call my name out your window, I'm leavin';
I won't even turn my head.
Don't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin';
I'll be gone like I said.
You would say the same old thing that
you'd been sayin' all the long.
Lay there in your bed and keep
your mouth shut till I'm gone.
Don't give me that old familiar cry and cuss and moan;
Under-stand your man. I'm tired of your bad-mouthin'.
Under-stand your man.
Now, you can give my other suit to the Salvation Army
And everything else I leave behind
I ain't taking nothing that'll slow down my traveling
While I'm untangling my mind
I ain't going to repeat what i said anymore
While I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed before
I'll be as gone to as a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man
Meditate on it. Under-stand your man.
You hear me talk-in', honey? Under-stand your man.
'Member what I told ya. Under-stand your man.
Under-stand your man.