I can't go down this dark road by myself, this dark road by myself. I can't go down this dark road by myself, this dark road by myself. It's gonna be early in the morning, it's gonna be early in the morning. Got somebody. Whoa, my mother died and left me. Whoa, when I was quite young, when I was quite young. She said, Lord have mercy. She said, Lord have mercy. Oh, my wicked son. Whoa, stop the train conductor. Conductor, let me ride. Now don't you hear me cry. Stop the train conductor. Let the poor boy ride. See you had to buy your ticket. You had to buy your ticket. This train ain't mine. Whoa, then I started walking down the lonesome road. Now don't you hear me cry. I started walking down the lonesome road. It's gonna be early in the morning. Boy, you see me go. It's gonna be early in the morning. Boy, you see me go. It's gonna be early in the morning. Boy, you see me go. It's gonna be early in the morning.