You is just a desperated woman My baby ain't no earthly good You are just a desperated woman My baby ain't no earthly good I don't need no tellin I found it out in her neighborhood now Now my baby killed her daddy An shot her dear old brother, too She say, was just a funny actin', old man Old man, didn't know exactly how to do An she just a desperated woman, now My baby ain't no earthly good Now an I don't need no tellin then I found it out in her neighborhood, now Now an for killin' her daddy My baby even didn't get no time She winked her eye at the judge The judge didn't even charge her a single dime She's just a desperated woman, yeah My baby ain't no earthly good I don't need no tellin, yeah I found it out in her neighborhood 'Now take it John' I had a good right a-sellin' whiskey An I sit down and told my baby, so An she wasn't satisfied until She let the chief police know An she's just a desperated woman, yeah My baby ain't no earthly good Now an I don't need no tellin, no I found it out in her neighborhood, now.