my baby plays me just like a fiddle she knows i love her a lot not a little i m just a stick that she likes to whittle i got a heart and she s in the middle of it i got the hoe cakes she s got the griddle my baby plays me just like a fiddle i come home at night she wants to go dancing i m so dog gone tired i just don t feel like romancing then she walks into the room with those blue jeans painted on then i change my tune it s always the same old song my buddies call to ask if i want to go fishing for some large mouth bass then she says she s been wishing we could stay at home then she gives me that look she s got that red dress on and she s got me on the hook she s goes to the stereo takes of my lynyrd skynyrd she puts on julio and the light starts getting dimmer she says i love you puts them arms around my neck i smell french perfume and i know what s coming next 