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 talkin' 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 cryin' cussin' moan Understand your man (I'm tired of your badmouthin') Understand your man. You can give my other suits to the Salvation Army And everything else I leave behind. I ain't takin' nothing that'll slow down my travelin' While I'm untanglin' my mind. I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore While I'm breathin' 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 talkin') Understand your man (remember what I told ya)