Satisfyin' Papa (02-20-26) - Ethel Waters

Lucy Brown, lived uptown

In a four-room flat

I mean, she’s a high brown queen

Don’t ever wear no hat

Lovin' Dan is her man;

Boy, he’s up-to-date

But here is what she said to him

Last night when he came in late:

Satisfyin' Papa, be yourself

Satisfyin' Papa, no one else

Knows how to satisfy me;

can’t you see

Your way of lovin' suits me to a T;

Satisfyin' Papa, you’re so kind

Men like you are doggone hard to find

If you leave me, I’ll be blue;

Don’t mistreat me, if you do

Someday, wait and see

You’ll come beggin' me

To take your love off the shelf

Satisfyin' Papa, be yourself!

Last winter, in the snow

Everybody in town know

Every day, rain or shine

I sure did make time;

I give you every cent

To buy clothes and pay the rent

You always had your way;

Don’t blame me when I say:

You know a good gal is hard to find

You know you think that love is blind

Someday, wait and see

You’ll come beggin' me

To take your love off the shelf

Satisfyin' Papa, be yourself