Well you can't grow a crop when it's dew at the plow You can't get milk from an old dry cow You can't keep a woman if you don't know how It's bad when it's that a way and it's bad a way now My crop floated out my old cow died my sweet woman left she was dis-satisfied She broke my heart when she broke her vow It's bad when it's that a way and it's bad a way now [ ac.guitar ] If a man's got a woman to fix his meals he may make a living for workin' in the fields He may be happy with the mule and plow It's bad when it's that a way and it's bad a way now Well I don't have a woman with love that's real I don't have money to pay my bills I just got hreartaches and broken vows It's bad when it's that a way and it's bad a way now