[Verse 1
Trouble in mind, I'm blue
But I won't be blue always
For the sun will shine in my back door some day
I'm gonna lay my head
On some lonesome railroad line
Let that two-nineteen train pacify my mind
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Trouble in mind, I'm blue
I have almost lost my mind
Sometimes I feel like livin', sometimes I feel like dyin'
I'm goin' down to the river
I'm gonna take me a rockin' chair
And if the blues don't leave me I'll rock on away from here
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Trouble in mind, I'm blue
My old heart is beating slow
I never had so much trouble in my life before
My good gal, she done quit me
And it sure does grieve my mind
When you see me laughin', laughin' to keep from cryin'