Private Number - Big Mama Thornton I I I I'll tell you I'll do like this You have a private number The operator won't give it out All my friends tell me They don't know your where about Each time I dial your number My head starts to spinning But the operator tell me Hang up and try it again I say you have a private number And the operator won't give it out I'm sick and tired and your friends telling me They don't know your where about He has what it takes He give me peace of mind I need him for myself Got the hell you mall a time I'm sick and tired of number Sick and I'm tired of number My baby had a private telephone And has moved to get another own If I knew where he goin' I would surely knock on his door Because it's private darling number The operator tell me to Hang up and dial again I quit my heart begins me Maybe you got a call Me and you made at all your number Knowing to get now let me catch you Walking down the street with him I've got to have a good peace of mind Yes what it take And just to give me peace of mind I need him for myself And I have to got them all the time My baby had a private phone And it don't move to a brand new home If I know where he had goin' Maybe I go now I go now where's he going I said you have a private number You tell it now my head begin to speak That everytime the operator tell me Young lady you've got to hang up and try it again I've got the hell peace of mind Got the hell my baby All the time Sick at that private number