Well, the times are getting hard for you, little girl I'm a-hummin' and a-strummin' all over God's world You can't remember when you got your last meal And you don't know just how a woman feels You didn't know what rock and roll was Until you met my drummer on a great tour bus I got there in the nigger time Before he got his hands across your state line, yeah Now it's the middle of the night on the open road The heater don't work, it's also cold You're lookin' tight, you're lookin' kinda beat The rhythm of the street sure knocks you off your feet You didn't know how rock and roll looked Until you caught your sister with the guys from the groove Halfway home in the parking lot By the look in her eye, she was givin' what she got I said, my, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe Woman, you're a mess, gonna die in the street There's blood on my amp and my lisp on speed Can't keep you home, you're messin' around My best friend told me you're the best lick in town You didn't know that rock and roll burned So you bought a candle, you lived and you learned You got the rhythm, you got the speed My, my, little baby, life's short and sweet My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe I didn't know you had a rock and roll record Until I saw your picture on some other guy's jacket You told me I was the only one But look at you now, it's dark and you're gone My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, babe My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My mind's got a hole in my head My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah My, my, my, I'm once bitten, twice shy, yeah