Said I went down by that freight depot And that freight train he come rollin' by Lord and I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now And I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now And I went off in that far distant land I wasn't there long before I got a telegram (What did it say?) Sayin' now man won't you please come home Now man won't you please come home Then I went back home, I looked on the bed And that best old friend I had was dead Lord, and I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I'm sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart But that best old friend someday must part Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I ain't got no lovin' baby now (Play it for me now) Now as sure as the birds wings in the sky above Life ain't worth livin' if you ain't with the one you love Lord and I ain't got no lovin' baby now Lord I ain't got no lover now If I'd knowed you didn't love me and didn't want me to I would've taken morphine and died Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I ain't got no lovin' baby now