well i ll be doggone if i would work all day and i ll be doggone if i would bring you my pay but if i ever caught you running around blowing my money all over this town then i wouldn t be doggone hey hey i d be long gone then i wouldn t be doggone i d be long gone mm mm now hey hey hey i ll be doggone if you ain t a pretty thing and i ll be doggone if you ain t warm as a breath of spring and if we live to be a hundred year old if you ever let that spring turn cold then i wouldn t be doggone hey hey hey i d be long gone oh i wouldn t be doggone i d be long gone mm mm now did you hear me well now what i say oh believe me well ev ry woman should try to be whatever her man wants her to be and i don t want much all i want from you is for you to be true to me i ll be doggone if love ain t a man s best friend oh baby and i ll be doggone if you ain t the loving end though i know you make me feel like nobody could if i ever found out that you re no good then i wouldn t be doggone well i wouldn t be doggone i d be long gone i wouldn t be doggone naw baby i wouldn t be doggone i wouldn t be doggone 