Sittin' around thinkin' 
thinkin' and a thinkin' 
and it ain't doin' me no good 

well I thunk and I thunk 
couldn't think of anything better 
I tried and I tried 
tryin' ain't doin' me no good 
I write choo everyday, what could be 
my very last letter 
come what may I say 

thinkin' ain't doin' me no good 
thinkin' ain't doin' me no good people 
thinkin' ain't doin' me no good, no good 

I want to know, if everything that's sung 
will remain 
within the structure of a person 
whose mind I wish to claim 
please don't say that wantin' you 
won't do me no good 
please oh please don't say 
wantin' you won't 
wantin' you won't do me no good 
wantin' you won't do me no good woman 
wantin' you won't do me no good, no good 

well I thunk thunk thunk thunk 
a lot about it 
realized my thunk is nuthin' 
but a lot of funk 
bunk down on in my place 
only a dream (hum) 
only a dream (hum) 
only a dream (hum) 

thinkin' ain't doin' me no good no 
thinkin' ain't doin' me no good no people 
thinkin' ain't doin' me no good no good