I Don’t Owe You a Thang Lyrics

Well I ain't got no money
No fancy car
Ain't got no excuses baby
Hanging at the bar

I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing
I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing
Oh we ain't getting married
I ain't buying you no diamond ring

That's alright

Ain't got no credit
No fancy clothes
Ain't got no excuses, baby
But goodness knows

I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing
I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing
Oh we ain't getting married
I ain't buying you no diamond ring
That's alright
This all you get now baby
This all you get

This all you get now baby
This all you get
This all you get now mama
This all you get
Just me and this guitar baby
That's all you get

Well, ain't got no apology
Won't be no fairy tale

Ain't got no excuses baby
I'm doing my deal
I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing
I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing
Oh we ain't getting married
I ain't buying you no diamond ring
That's alright

Ain't got no money
Ain't got no car
Ain't got no excuses baby
I'm drinking at the bar

I don't owe you a thing mama
I don't owe you a thing
I don't owe you a thing baby
I don't owe you a thing

Well we ain't getting married
I ain't buying you no diamond ring
That's alright
Well we ain't getting married
I ain't buying you no diamond ring
That's alright

Well we ain't getting married ...
I ain't buying you a diamond ring

Songwriter: Gary Clark Jr

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Genius Annotation

“I Don’t Owe You a Thang” by Gary Clark Jr. appears on his 2011 extended play disc, Bright Lights.

This is a fasthand blues boogie in A major by a man who learned the style by playing in Texas clubs like Antone’s and Austin’s Blues Church.

This song is included in the Country Genius – Male and Female Perspectives on Love and Sex. The song brings sharp relief to the relationship problem when the two people have opposite views and priorities.

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Release Date
January 1, 2011
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