Well I´m so tired of cryin´ but I´m out on the road again
I´m on the road again.
Well I´m so tired of cryin´ 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.

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.
You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow
in the rain and snow.
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.
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 gone.

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