SITTIN' ON IT ALL THE TIME
(Mann / Bernard)


Wynonie Harris - 1949
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - 1949

Also recorded by: Brian Setzer Orch.; Band Of Oz.


Old maid, old maid, stop actin' like a baby child
Old maid, old maid, stop actin' like a baby child
You waited till you got sixty-three before you started runnin' wild

Well, I'm lookin' for a gal, shes got to be young and neat
Well, I'm lookin' for a gal, shes got to be young and neat
What good is your stove if it don't give out no heat

(Instrumental Break)

Well you had your chance for love and romance
But you let it pass you by
'Cause when you were ten, you used to run from men
(But you kept on sittin' on it all the time)
When you were fifteen, you was a nat'ral queen
(But you kept on sittin' on it all the time)
When you was twenty-two, you didn't know what to do
When you was twenty-five, you thought about that jive
(But you kept on sittin' on it all the time)
(You kept on sittin' on it all the time)
When you was thirty-one, you was hot as the Sun
You kept on sittin' on it all the time

(Instrumental Break)

When you was thirty-five, you was glad to be alive
When you were thirty-eight, it still wasn't too late
(But you kept on sittin' on it all the time)
(You kept on sittin' on it all the time)
When you was forty-four, men was still knockin' at your door
(But you kept on sittin' on it all the time)
When you was forty-nine, you changed your mind
When you was fifty-two, you still knew what to do
(But you kept on sittin' on it all the time)
(You kept on sittin' on it all the time)
Now, you're sixty-three, you're too old for me
So keep on sittin' on it all the time



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2015)