You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But it will not do no good, because the spell is cast.
Yonder stands old Hawkins and he screams.
Crying with a yell that haunts your dreams.
Look out, his pains are coming through.
'Cause I have put a spell, babe, on you.

I put this spell on you because, my babe, you're mine.
You'd better stop the things you do, and I ain't lyin'.
You'd better watch out, how you put me down.
I will not take how you have fooled around.
The sky is getting dark above, it's true.
'Cause I have put a spell, babe, on you.

All your seasick sailors, tell me, how you think
that they did get so sick, it wasn't in their drink.
The lover who just walked out your door
is the last that you will have, evermore.
The carpet moves no longer under you.
'Cause I have put a spell, babe, on you.

Leave the work to Barry, 'cause he don't need you.
Forget the dead from weapons of that World War II.
The vagabond who's tapping on keyboard
is laughing at the clothes that you once wore.
You'll have no love with whom you'll start anew.
'Cause I have put a spell, babe, on you.