I'm going round this world I'm going round it, pretty girl I'ma leaving and I can't say when I'll be back around this way, this way When I'll be back around this way, this way And it's awful hard to say when I'll be back around this way I'm going cross this land I'll be that banjo picking man It's been a long, long, long, long time That I had it on my mind, on my mind That I had you on my mind, on my mind Well, true love's hard to find Well, I done had you on my mind I've been runnin' through the field They say I rob and cheat and steal They got me down here in a valley low 'Cause it's the only one I know, that I know It's the only one I know, that I know It's a long and lonesome road But it's the only one I know