[Verse 1] I'm goin' 'round this world I'm goin' 'round it pretty girl Imma leaving and I can't say When I'll be back around this way This way-ay-ay-ay-ay When I'll be back around this way This way-ay-ay And it's awful hard to say When I'll be back around this way [Verse 2] I'm goin' 'cross this land I'll be that banjo pickin' man It's been a long long, long long time That I had you on my mind On my mind That I had you on my mind On my mind And true love's hard to find Well I done had you on my mind [Verse 3] I've been running Through the field When I was alive it felt so real They got me down here In a valley low Cause it's the only one I know That I know And it's the only one I know That I know It's a long and lonesome road But it's the only one I know