Good riddance, goodbye

Every trick of his, you're on to -

But fools will be fools, and where's he gone to?



The road gets rougher

It's lonelier and tougher

With hope, you burn up

Tomorrow, he may turn up

There's just no let-up

The livelong night and day



Ever since this world began,

There is nothing sadder than

A one-man woman

Looking for the man that got away



Don't know why

There's no sun up in the sky

Stormy weather

Since my man and I ain't together

Keeps rainin' all the time



Life is bare

Gloom and misery everywhere

Stormy weather

Just can't get my poor self together

I'm weary all the time, the time

So weary all the time



When he went away,

The blues walked in and met me

If he stays away,

Old rocking chair will get me

All I do is pray

The Lord above will let me

Walk in the sun once more



My mama done tol' me

When I was in pigtails,

My mama done tol' me,

"Hon, a man's gonna sweet-talk

And give ya the big eye,

But when the sweet talkin's done,

A man is a two-face,

A worrisome thing

Who'll leave ya to sing

The blues in the night"



Now, the rain's a-fallin',

Hear the train a-callin', "Whooee!"

My mama done tol' me

Hear that lonesome whistle

Blowin' 'cross the trestle, "Whooee!"

My mama done tol' me

Ah-whooee-ah-whooee

Ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back

The blues in the night



The evenin' breeze will start

The trees to cryin'

And the moon will hide its light

When you get the blues in the night

Take my word

The mockingbird'll sing

The saddest kind o' song

He knows things are wrong and he's right



Whooee-ooh

Whooee-ooh



From Natchez to Mobile,

From Memphis to St. Joe,

Wherever the four winds blow

I' been in some big towns

I heard me some big talk

But there is one thing I know

A man is a two-face

A worrisome thing

Who'll leave ya to sing

The blues in the night



Whooee-ooh

Whooee-ooh

My mama was right

I know she was right

There's blues in the night