It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe, if you don't know, now
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe, it don't matter, anyhow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window and I’ll be gone
You’re the reason I’m trav'lin’ on, don’t think twice, it’s all right

It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe, the light I never known
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe, I’m on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say, to try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway, so don’t think twice, it’s all right

It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal, like you never did before
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal, I can’t hear you anymore
I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all the way down the road, I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul, but don’t think twice, it’s all right

I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babe, where I’m bound, I can’t tell
But goodbye’s too good a word, gal, so I’ll just say fare thee well
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind, you could have done better but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time, but don’t think twice, it’s all right