Better pack up your suitcase and leave in a hurry
Now I don't wanna show you the door
Since the day that we met you've been nothin' but trouble
Now I don't want you here anymore.

Run along, run along, don't pester me further
For I know that you'll never be true
If you can't treat me right then get out of my life
Go and leave me alone with the blues.

Oh, you stayed by my side till you got all my money
Now my clothes are all ragged and torn
Since the day that we met you've been nothin' but worry
Lord, I wish I had never been born.

Run along, run along, don't you pester me further
I know that you'll never be true
If you can't treat me right then get out of my life
Go and leave me alone with these blues.

You may ramble and ramble this whole wide world over
But don't trust any woman you meet
They won't leave you alone till they've got your last dollar
Then you're just like the dirt beneath their feet.

Run along, run along, don't you pester me further
For I know that you'll never be true
If you can't treat me right then get out of my life
Go and leave me alone with these blues...