Ain't it a shame, mama, the way you treat poor me Ain't it a shame babe, mama, the way you treat poor me After I've been as nice to you baby as one poor man could be Sometimes I wonder, what you want your daddy to do? Sometimes I wonder, what you want your daddy to do? Give you all my money baby and my loving to Ain't it a shame, for you to dog my heart around Ain't it a shame, for you to dog my heart around Well I may be your slave baby but I cannot be your clown Sometimes I'm lonesome and I swear sometimes I'm blue Sometimes I'm lonesome and I swear sometimes I'm blue Have you ever had that same feeling to come over you?