Down the Road Bound Blues - Ida Cox

I looked down the road, Lord, far as I could see

I looked down the road, Lord, far as I could see

And I saw my man waving farewell to me

I laid and I worried, cried the whole night through

I laid and I worried, cried the whole night through

Trying to figure out, sweet papa, how to get along with you

I ain’t going to Texas, ain’t going to Tennessee

I ain’t going to Texas, ain’t going to Tennessee

But I’m going down the road, and trying to find my used-to-be

I’m worried now, but I won’t be when the sun goes down

I’m worried now, won’t be when the sun goes down

For mama’s got the blues and mama’s going to find her brown

Going down the road and ain’t coming back ‘til fall

Going down the road, ain’t coming back ‘til fall

If I don’t find my man, I ain’t coming back at all

Started to write a letter, had to lay my pencil down

Started to write a letter, had to lay my pencil down

‘Cause the blues overtook me, and I’m down the road bound