Well I´m so tired of cryin´ but I´m out on the road again - I´m on the road again {x2}
I ain´t got no woman just to call my special friend.

And I´m going to leave the city, got to go away.
I´m going to leave the city, got to go away.
All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can´t stay.

You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow - in the rain and snow {x2}
I didn´t have no fellow, not even no place to go.

And my dear mother left me when I was quite young - when I was quite young {x2}
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 {x2}
Cause it´s soon one morning down the road I´m gone.

But I ain´t going down that long and lonesome road - all by myself {x2}
I can´t carry you baby, gonna carry somebody else.