While the traveling through this big iron world   It'll sometimes ask of you   To give advice at certain times   And tell folks what to do      Well, at this time, I'm gonna tell you   What's the wisest plan   When it comes to mixing in with things   That you just don't understand, hmm      Let it alone, let it alone   If it don't concern you, let it alone   Don't go around putting on airs   And meddling in other folks' affairs   If you don't know, say so   Mind your own business and let it alone      Well, you see two people fighting   Them man and woman, say   You think that it's a crime for them   To carry on that way   Well, you think that you could stop that row   But just as you draw nigh   The lady with the poker   Strikes the gentleman across the eye      Let it alone, let it alone   If it don't concern you, let it alone   They know their business, all right, all right   They practice that way every night   If you go buttin' in, they'll break your chin   So mind your own business and let it alone      Well, you say that love's against you   And on your weary way   Well, lying in the gutter   A drunken man, we'll say   He's lying in the gutter   And you can tell that he's all in   But on his necktie plainly gleams   A great big diamond pin      Let it alone, let it alone   He's not your pal, so let it alone   The man is drunk, it may be true   But the diamond don't belong to you   So shut your eyes and eat some sighs   Turn around and beat it and leave it alone