EG
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
AEGAE
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
EG
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
AEGAE
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
EGAEEGAE
I ain't got no woman, just to call, my special friend.
[Verse 2]
EG
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
AEGAE
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
EG
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
AEGAE
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
EGAEGAE
I didn't have no payroll..not even no place to go.
[Verse 3]
EGAE
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
GAE
when I was quite young.
EGAE
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
GAE
when I was quite young.
EGAEGAE
She said, 'Lord, have mercy, on my wicked son.'
(Harmonica break.)
[Verse 4]
EGAE
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
GAE
don't you cry no more.
EGAE
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
GAE
Don't you cry no more.
EGAEGAE
Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.
[Verse 5]
EGAEGAE
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
EGAEGAE
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
EGAEGAE
All this fussin' and fightin', man, I sure can't stay.
[Verse 6]
EGAEGAE
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
EGAEGAE
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
EGAEGAE
I can't carry you, Baby, gonna carry somebody else.