Well, I′m so tired of crying
But I'm out on the road again
I′m on the road againI said I'm so tired of crying
But I'm out on the road again
I′m on the road again
I ain′t got nobody
Just to call my special friend
I ain't got nobody
Just to call my special friend
Well, my dear mother left me
When I was quite young
When I was quite young
My dear mother left me
When I was quite young
When I was quite young
She said, "Lord, have mercy
On my wicked son"
She said, "Lord, have mercy
On my wicked son"
But I ain′t going down
That long old lonely road
All by myself
I said I ain't going down
That long old lonely road
All by myself
I said if you ain′t coming
I'll go carry somebody else
Said if you ain′t coming
I'll go carry somebody else
Hey, pretty mama
Please don't you cry no more
Don′t you cry no more
I said, "Hey, pretty mama
Please don′t you cry no more
Don't you cry no more"
I sit in bed one morning
Down the road I′m gone
I sit in bed one morning
Down the road I'm gone