now ask sweet mama let me be her kid she says i might get buggies i couldn t keep it hid well she looked at me she begin to smile says i thought i would use you for my man a while that you just don t let my husband catch you there now just just don t let my husband catch you there now went upstairs to pack my leavin trunk i never saw no whiskey the blues done made me sloppy drunk say i never saw no whiskey blues done made me sloppy drunk now i never saw no whiskey but the blues done made me sloppy drunk now some said its greens some says it was beans but it s the slow consumption killin you by degrees lord it s the slow consumption killin you by degrees now it s the slow consumption and it s killin you by degrees