Understand Your Man by Johnny Cash

Don’t call my name out your window when I’m leavin'
I won’t even turn my head
Don’t sent your kinfolks to give me no talkin'
I’ll be gone, like I said

You’d say the same old things that you be sayin' all along
Lay there in your bed, keep your mouth shut till I’m gone
And don’t give me that old familiar
Cry and curse and moan

Understand your man
Meditate on it
Understand your man

And you can give my other suit to the Salvation Army
And anything else I leave behind
Ain’t takin' nothin' that’ll slow down my travelin’
While I'm untangled in my mind

And I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore
While I am breathing air
That ain't man breathe before
I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter

Then you'll understand your man
Hear me talkin' now honey
Understand your man

Understand your man
Meditate on it
Understand your man

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