Well I came from Alabama

With a banjo on my knee

I'm goin' to Louisiana

My true love for to see



It rained all night the day I left

The weather it was dry

The sun so hot I froze to death

Suzanna don't you cry



I got a long way to go

I sure feel it now deep down in these dusty clothes

Through another town backed up with capricious souls

I got a long way to go



I got a lot left to say

To the empty seat that stood beside me

through the fray

Through the midnight moon

Saw fit to light my way

Got a lot left to say



But where do I go from here

When I'm lost out on the road

The way's not clear

To find my way back home

I need to hear

The only voice that leads me on

So I can find my way back to you



I had a dream the other night

When everything was still

I thought I saw Suzanna

Comin' down the hill



The buckwheat cake was in her mouth

A tear was in her eye

Says I'm comin' from the south

Suzanna don't you cry



Where do I go from here

When I'm lost out on the road

And the way's not clear

To find my way back home

I need to hear

The only voice that leads me on

So I can find my way back to you



Soon we'll be in New Orleans

Then I'll look around

And when I find Suzanna

I'll fall down on the ground



And if I do not find her

Then I should surely die

And when I'm dead and buried

Suzanna don't you cry