Now this dark cloud is rising : and it's thundering all 
around
Look like something bad is going to happen : you better 
lower your airplane down
Now that mean old twister's coming : poor people running 
every which a?way
Everybody's got to wonder : what's the matter with this 
cruel world today
Now my mama told me : when I was only five months old
If you obey your preacher : the good Lord is going to 
bless your soul
Now the daylight is failing : and the moon begin to rise
I'm just down here weeping and moaning : right by my 
mama's side
Now I'm going home : I done did all in this world that I 
could
Says I got everybody happy : around here in my 
neighborhood