How low do you feel
When your baby walks out?
Well, it ain't no time for you to twist and shout
How low do you feel
When she tells you goodbye?
You get so dead gone lonesome, you wanna die

I was broke so flat, I couldn't raise a dime
Locked in jail and couldn't pay my fine, pay my fine
It never helped my moral to be called a heel
But when your baby walks out, how low do you feel

When you find another man a-layin' in your place
And she throws your old work clothes out at your face
You gotta tell yourself, that it just can't be real
But when your baby walks out, how low do you feel

I was broke so flat, I couldn't raise a dime
Locked in jail and couldn't pay my fine, pay my fine
It never helped my moral to be called a heel
But when your baby walks out, how low do you feel

How low do you feel, when old friends say
Have a drink on me and pass the time away?
They sympathize with you and say, you got a bad deal
But when your woman walks out, how low do you feel

I was broke so flat, I couldn't raise a dime
Locked in jail and couldn't pay my fine, pay my fine
It never helped my moral to be called a heel
But when your baby walks out, how low do you feel
It never helped my moral to be called a heel
But when your baby walks out, how low does she feel