I wonder why that southbound train don't run I wonder why that southbound train don't run Woman you don't need no telling, you know just what you done I got my ticket I'm holding it in my hand I got my ticket I'm holding it in my hand I got a real good woman, but the poor fool don't understand I'm a hard‑working man, to be mistreated where I go I'm a hard‑working man, to be mistreated where I go When I get down in the lowlands, I won't be mistreated no more I'm going to Jackson, Greenwood is where I belong I'm going to Jackson, Greenwood is where I belong Anywhere in Mississippi, is my native home I'm just like my mother left me, I ain't got nothing at all I'm just like my mother left me, I ain't got nothing at all I'm just like a big mule baby, I ain't got no stall