Cheaper to Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor

If you’re tied up, you’d better stay tied up

Cause it’s cheaper to keep her

This is from T, who says

It’s cheaper to keep her

It’s cheaper to keep her

When your little girl make you mad

And you get an attitude and pack your bags

Five little children that you’re leaving behind

Son, you’re gonna pay some alimony or do some time

That’s why it’s cheaper to keep her

Help me say it, y’all

It’s cheaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)

See, when you get through staring that judge in the face

You’re gonna wanna cuss the whole human race

That’s why it’s cheaper to keep her (it's cheaper to keep her)

(It's cheaper to keep her)

(It's cheaper, it’s cheaper, it’s cheaper, it’s cheaper)

(It's cheaper to keep her)

You didn’t pay but two dollars to bring the little girl home

Now you’re about to pay two thousand to leave her alone

You see another woman out there and you wanna make a change

She ain’t gonna want you 'cause you won’t have a damn thing

That’s why it’s cheaper to keep her

Everybody sing along with me

It’s cheaper to keep her (It's cheaper to keep her)

By the time you get through looking that judge in the face

You’re gonna wanna cuss the whole human race

That’s why it’s cheaper to keep her (It's cheaper to keep her)

Its cheaper to keep her (It's cheaper to keep her)

(It's cheaper, it’s cheaper, it’s cheaper, it’s cheaper)

(It's cheaper to keep her)

I know you think the grass is greener

Way over on the other side

When that judge give you that dirty look

You may as well put your money in mama’s pocketbook

That’s why it’s cheaper to keep her (It's cheaper to keep her)

Cost too much to leave her alone, ha, yeah (It's cheaper to keep her)

I know it’s cheaper to keep her, yeah (It's cheaper to keep her)

'Cause you gonna pay some alimony if you leave home (It's cheaper to keep her)

I tell y’all, it’s cheaper to keep her

All the fellas out there know what I’m talking bout

Don’t you know it’s cheaper to stay at home

I gotta tell you

I’ll bring you the message tonight

It’s cheaper to keep her

Cheaper to keep her

Cheaper to keep her

Cheaper to keep her

She’s gonna cause you too much if you let her go, man

It’s cheaper to keep her

You might as well put up with your little arguments and fussing and fighting

I am gonna tell you something tonight

I’ll tell you, cheaper to keep her

Ain’t it, man

Ain’t it cheaper to keep her, ha, yeah

By time you get through looking that judge in the face

You’ll be lucky if you even have a place