I got a feeling which I never had before

Trouble and sorrow keep knocking at my door

But I have all to gain and nothing to lose I must have got me passion of joy

What I go through with nobody knows

And yet I go singing and crying the blues I'm just a lonely motherless child

Trouble and sorrows are driving me wild

But it will all be over after a while I keep it trying but can't get nowhere

Aching with trouble and no one to care

And yet I go singing and crying the blues No decent clothes and I can't have no shoes

Can't have no loving but yet I have the blues

So folks you see I ain't got no time to lose My girl had quit me and she gone away

But I'm just hoping that she'll come back someday

And still I go singing and crying the blues Why do my trouble lasts me so long?

I never bother or done nobody wrong

Ain't got no loving, ain't got no place for home Soon I'll be lucky and it won't be long

With plenty of dollar and my gang of diamond stone

And then I'll be soon singing and crying the blues