Trouble in mind, I'm blue

But I won't be blue alway,

That sun is gonna shine in my back door someday

I'm gonna lay my head on some lonesome railroad line

And let that freight train special pass it by my mind

And then I'm going down to that big city

I'm going take five dollars in my hand

Look for a woman who's looking for a man

Go down, down to the station

Go down and tell my brother Bill

That woman he's messin' with

She sure gonna do him ill

I'm goin' to move on down to that old red river

Gonna see where that red river runs

I'm wanna know if it runs to the risin' sun

Repeat Verse 1