I've been up, Lord
Lord, I've been down
Feel like I'm headed to that burying ground
I've been up, Lord
Lord, I've been down
Feel like I'm headed to that cold burying ground
I told you once, baby
I told you twice
I ain't the kind of man who'd be a sacrifice
I've bent and I've been broken
So bent and broken that I didn't feel no pain
Told you once, twice
Three times over
Told you there's a devil, child
Up on my shoulder
Don't stand in my shadow, woman
Don't you shake my tree
Don't wrath on my chain, girl
And don't you Judas me
So far up, Lord
So far down
Long black car to drive me to that burying ground
I've seen things could make a grown man cry
Been so high, couldn't get no higher
Call for the doctor, I feel like I'm dying
Call for the doctor, now I know I'm bound to die
I stayed awake for six nights runnin'
I've been awake six nights in a row
Now I can see them, six wild horses
Come to take me where I shouldn't wanna go
I've been down, down to the jailhouse
I've been down, down to the church
I've been down, so deep and darkness
So far down and darknes that the sun don't ever shine
I've been up, Lord
Lord, I've been down
Feel like I'm headed to that ice cold burying ground
Baby, plese tell my brothers
Tell them that I'm sorry for things that I have done
And baby, please take this letter
Take it to my father when I'm in the burying ground
I've been up, Lord
Lord, I've been down
Feel like I'm headed to that cold burying ground
I've been up, Lord
Lord, I've been down
Feel like I'm headed to that ice cold burying ground
Been up
Been down
Feel like I'm headed to that burying ground
So far up, Lord
So far down
Feel like I'm headed to that ice cold burying ground