Well, I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again I said I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again I ain't got nobody Just to call my special friend I ain't got nobody Just to call my special friend Well, my dear mother left me When I was quite young When I was quite young My dear mother left me When I was quite young When I was quite young She said, "Lord, have mercy On my wicked son" She said, "Lord, have mercy On my wicked son" ♪ But I ain't going down That long old lonely road All by myself I said I ain't going down That long old lonely road All by myself I said if you ain't coming I'll go carry somebody else Said if you ain't coming I'll go carry somebody else ♪ Hey, pretty mama Please don't you cry no more Don't you cry no more I said, "Hey, pretty mama Please don't you cry no more Don't you cry no more" I sit in bed one morning Down the road I'm gone I sit in bed one morning Down the road I'm gone