Oh, oh 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 ♪ And my dear mother left me When I was quite young When I was quite young I said 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" ♪ The first time I traveled on the rain and sun The rain and snow First time I traveled in the rain and snow The rain and snow I didn't have nobody I didn't have no place to go I didn't have nobody I didn't have no place to go ♪ But I ain't going down That long old lonely road All by myself I ain't going down That long old lonely road All by myself You ain't coming I'll go carry somebody else So 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 "Hey, pretty mama Please don't you cry no more" Yeah, one more now Down the road I'm going I said I met one more now Down the road I'm going