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'.