| Well, I'm so tired of crying | |
| But I'm out on the road again | |
| I'm on the road again | |
| Well, I'm so tired of crying | |
| But I'm out on the road again | |
| I'm on the road again | |
| I ain't got no woman | |
| Just to call my special friend | |
| You know the first time I traveled | |
| Out in the rain and snow | |
| In the rain and snow | |
| You know the first time I traveled | |
| Out in the rain and snow | |
| In the rain and snow | |
| I didn't have no payroll | |
| Not even no place to go | |
| And my dear mother left me | |
| When I was quite young | |
| When I was quite young | |
| And my dear mother left me | |
| When I was quite young | |
| When I was quite young | |
| She said, | |
| "Lord, have mercy | |
| On my wicked son." | |
| Take a hint from me, mama | |
| Please don't you cry no more | |
| Don't you cry no more | |
| Take a hint from me, mama | |
| Please don't you cry no more | |
| Don't you cry no more | |
| 'Cause it's soon one morning | |
| Down the road I'm going | |
| But I ain't going down | |
| That long old lonesome road | |
| All by myself | |
| But I ain't going down | |
| That long old lonesome road | |
| All by myself | |
| I can't carry you, baby | |
| Gonna carry somebody else |