You gotta help me, baby I can't do it by myself
You gotta help me, woman I can't do it by myself

If you don't help me mama, I got to find somebody else

I might wash, I might have to sew,
I might cook, I might mop the floor

But baby, I can't do it by myself

If you don't help me mama, I got to find somebody else

Bring me my nightshirt baby, put on your mornin' gown
Bring me my nightshirt baby, put on your mornin' gown

I don't feel like sleepin', baby I wanna lay down

You gotta help me, baby I can't do it by myself
You gotta help me, woman I can't do it by myself

If you don't help me mama, I got to find somebody else