Trouble in mind, I´m blue
But I won´t be blue always,
´cause the sun´s gonna shine
In my backdoor some day.

I´m all alone at midnight
And my lamp is burnin´ low
Ain´t never had so much
Trouble in my life before.

Trouble in mind, that´s true
I have almost lost my mind,
Life ain´t worth livin,
Sometimes I feel like dyin´.

Goin´ down to the river

Gonna take my ol´ rockin´ chair
And if the blues don´t leave me
I´ll rock away from there.

You been a hard-hearted mama
Great god! you been unkind
Gonna be a cold, cold papa
Cause you to lose your mind.

I´m gonna lay my head down
On some lonesome railroad line
And let the two nineteen
Pacify my mind.

Well it´s trouble, oh trouble
Trouble on my worried mind,
When you see me laughin´
I´m laughin´ just to keep from cryin´.