I've got something that my baby wants And I've got something that my baby wants And she's got something that I want too Baby and I are through I've been down to the bottom With a bad, bad man Down to the bottom, babe With a bad, bad man Lay me down with your gentle hand Well, he said this darkness, it was untrue And first he said this darkness Darlin', it was untrue And that there was no light to be found in you But I know, darlin', that that's not true And I had a dream so black That I could not tell Oh, honey, I had a dream so dark That I could not tell But I know that's just as well And I don't know, babe Just where you've been I don't know, darlin' Just where you've been But I've hung myself heavy here Babe, I don't know where the hell I am I thought that man, babe He might have something that I need I thought that man, darlin' He might have something that I need But he had no anger For you or for me And, babe, I swear That man never even knew I was here Some of these friends of mine How I miss them so Good Lord, these sweet friends of mine How I miss them so But some of these, others beg Well they're driving me around On some cold, dark, and strange And deathly roads Take me down to your river I want to see how it runs Down to your river, darlin' I want to know just how it runs But if that man waits on the path Then I know for good that I'm done And I got a feeling That man, he's just begun