Don't call my name out your window I'm leavin' I won't even turn my head Don't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin' I'll be gone like I said You'd say the same old things you been sayin' all along Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shot till I'm gone Don't give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' moan Understand your man Tidy your bad mouth and understand your man [ guitar - trumpet ] You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army And everything else I leave behind I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my traveling While I'm untangling my mind I ain't goin' to repear 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 Better tided understand your man Look out understand your man Uh huh understand your man