Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby, if you don't know by now And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby, it'll never do somehow When your rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm a-travelin' on, but don't think twice, it's alright And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, baby, the light I never knowed And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, baby, I'm on the dark side of the road But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say to try and make me change my mind instead But we never did too much talkin' anyway, but don't think twice, it's alright So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal, like you never done before And it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal, I can't hear you anymore I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin', walkin' down the road I once loved a woman, a child, I'm told, I'd give her my heart, but she wanted my soul But don't think twice, it's alright So long, honey, baby, where I'm bound, I can't tell Goodbye's too good a word, baby, so I just say fairly well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind, you coulda done better, but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my precious time, but don't think twice, it's alright So long, honey, baby, where I'm bound, I can't tell Goodbye's too good a word, baby, so I just say fairly well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind, you coulda done better, but I don't mind I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind, you coulda done better, but I don't mind