[Verse]
My mama done told me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done told me, " Son a woman'll sweet talk"
And give you the big eye, but when the sweet talking's done
A woman's a two-face, A worrisome thing who'll
Leave you to sing the blues in the night
Now the rain's a-falling, hear the train's a-calling
"Whooee!"
(My mama done told me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowing
Across the trestle, "Whooee!"
(My mama done told me) A-whooee-ah-whooee old clickety-clack's
A-echoing back the blues in the night
The evening breeze'll start the trees to crying
And the moon'll hide its light when you get the blues in the night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind
Of song, he knows things are wrong, and he's right
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds blow I been
In some big towns and heard me some big talk
But there is one thing I know a woman's a two-face, a
Worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night
My mama was right, there's blues in