I got a feeling which I never had before Trouble and sorrow keep knocking at my door But I have all to gain and nothing to lose I must have got me pa**ion of joy What I go through with nobody knows And yet I go singing and crying the blues I'm just a lonely motherless child Trouble and sorrows are driving me wild But it will all be over after a while I keep it trying but can't get nowhere Aching with trouble and no one to care And yet I go singing and crying the blues No decent clothes and I can't have no shoes Can't have no loving but yet I have the blues So folks you see I ain't got no time to lose My girl had quit me and she gone away But I'm just hoping that she'll come back someday And still I go singing and crying the blues Why do my trouble lasts me so long? I never bother or done nobody wrong Ain't got no loving, ain't got no place for home Soon I'll be lucky and it won't be long With plenty of dollar and my gang of diamond stone And then I'll be soon singing and crying the blues