: I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground. I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground. Well, I feel like this when my baby can't be found
: How long, baby how long, Has that evening train been gone? How long, how how long, baby how long? Went to the station, didn't see no train. Down in
: Lord, I'm going away just to wear you off my mind. Lord, I'm going away just to wear you off my mind. Well you keep me worrying 'bout it all the time
: Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home. Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home. Had the blues so bad, blues followed me all day long
: Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me. Well if I've done somebody wrong, Lord, have mercy if you please.
: You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind, And the man you love, he hurts you all the time. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts
I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm. If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm. Well, I'm a motherless child; I don't know right from
: I've got to ride that lonesome train. My heart is heavy with aches and pain. I said but someday, someday baby, After a while, you will be sorry. Every
: Oh baby, look how you got me standin' 'round crying. Oh baby, look how you got me standin' 'round crying. Lord I love you little girl, you're always
: I'm so tired of moaning, trying to groan away my blues. I'm so tired of moaning, trying to groan away my blues. I keep weeping and crying every time
: I'm drifting and drifting, just like a ship out on the sea. I'm drifting and drifting, just like a ship out on the sea. Well I ain't got nobody in
: So long, oh I hate to see you go. So long, oh I hate to see you go. And the way that I will miss you, I guess you will never know. We've been together
: Gypsy woman told my mother 'fore I was born, You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun. Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout, And then
: Got me accused of peeping, I can't see a thing. Got me accused of petting, I can't even raise my hand. Bad luck, bad luck is killing me. Well
I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes. I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes. It was a miserable feeling, now
Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home. Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home. Had the blues so bad, blues followed me all day long.
Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about. Have you ever been mistreated? You know just what I'm talking about. I worked
Lord, I'm going away just to wear you off my mind. Lord, I'm going away just to wear you off my mind. Well you keep me worrying 'bout it all the time