Don't call my name out your window
I'm leaving
I won't even turn my head
Don't send your kinfolks
To give me no talking
I'll be gone, like I said
You'd say the same old things
That you be saying all along
Lay there in your bed
And keep your mouth shut
Till I'm gone
Don't give me that old familiar cry
And fuss and moan
Understand your man
I'm tired of your bad mouthing
Understand your man
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 gonna repeat
What I said anymore
While I'm breathing air
That ain't been breathed before
I'll be as gone
As a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man
Meditate on it
Understand your man
You hear me talking now
Understand your man
Remember what I told you
Understand your man
Understand your man