In those bad, bad old days
Before you loved me girl (loved me girl)
I was just a lonely man
In so many ways
'Til you loved me girl (loved me girl)
And I was your only man
You came into my life
And ended misery
In those bad, bad old days
That used to be
♪
Everyday I slave to pull us through
But one day I'm gonna make it girl, I'm telling you (woo-woo-woo)
The sun goes down on our home every night
To see your smiling face and hold you tight
I know that you'll be waitin' there for me (woo-woo-woo)
But I can still recall what used to be, yeah
In those bad, bad old days
Before you loved me girl (loved me girl)
I was just a lonely man
In so many ways
'Til you loved me girl (loved me girl)
And I was your only man
You came into my life
And ended misery
In those bad, bad old days
That used to be
♪
I scrape a living out of this old world
But I'll give you everything, believe me, girl (woo-woo-woo)
I'm gonna really make it to the top
But nothing in this world is gonna make me stop
You sure put a magic spell on me
I'm nothing like the man I used to be, no

I still remember (still remember)
Just last September (last September)
In those bad, bad old days
Before you loved me girl (loved me girl)
I was just a lonely man
In so many ways
'Til you loved me girl (loved me girl)
And I was your only man
You came into my life
And ended misery
In those bad, bad old days
(In those sad, sad old days)
In those bad, bad old days
That used to be
In those bad, bad old days before you loved me girl (thank you baby, thank you baby, yeah)
In so many ways 'til you loved me girl (I'll give you the world)
In those bad, bad old days before you loved me girl (I'll give you the world, yes I will)
In so many ways 'til you loved me girl (thank you baby, oh)
In those bad, bad old days before you loved me girl (thank you, thank you baby, yeah)