I
I don’t need you helping me do bad
Not behind the kind of breaks I’ve had
Don’t need you to renew my jinks
Emphasize how the system stinks
Or how low life sinks
To keep me sad
I don’t need you helping me do bad
I don’t need you leading me to worse
Heading my procession like a hearse
Don’t need you to increase my dues
Sing along while I cry the blues
Teach me how to lose
Or who to curse
My misfortunes do not need a nurse
Yes I’ve got a problem
Maybe quite a few
But if you can’t help me solve ‘em
Baby, who needs you?
I don’t need you helping me do bad
That’s all it would take to drive me mad
Don’t need you who disaster struck
Hard times hit like a sitting duck
With your lousy luck
Stuck in my pad
I don’t need you helping me do bad
(Part I is a song in the score of OBJ’s musical Great Nitty Gritty)
II
I don’t need you helping me do bad
You who take away but never add
You who leave much to be desired
Give new meaning to sick and tired
Who treats being fired
Like it’s a fad
I don’t need you helping me do bad
I don’t need you causing me to fail
Aggravating ills from which I ail
Don’t need you to create more mess
Introduce me to your distress
Making sure success
Can’t find my trail
I don’t need you hanging on my tail
Yes, my life is troubled
But I don’t need you
To make sure my trouble’s doubled
As you always do
I don’t need you helping me do bad
You who seem to get the blues in plaid
Polka dots, checks and prints and stripes
Matching up all your grief and gripes
All the different types
Of woes, you’ve had
I don’t need you helping me do bad