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