UNDERSTAND YOUR MAN

don't call my name out your window : I'm leaving
I won't even turn my head
don't send your kin folks to give me no talking
I'll be gone like I said   
you'd say the same old things that you've been saying all along
lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut 'til I'm gone
don't give me that old familiar crying cussing moan
understand your man I'm tired of your badmouthing
understand your man
 
you can give my other suits to the Salvation Army
and everything else I leave behind
I ain't taking nothing that'll slow down my traveling
while I'm untangling my mind                    
I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore
while I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed before
I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter
then you'll understand your man meditate on it
understand your man you hear me talking
understand your man remember what I told ya
understand your man

                 johnny cash