My man's gone now
Ain't no use a listenin'
For his tired footsteps
Climbin' up the stairs
Old man sorrow's [bad word] to keep [bad word] 
Whisperin' beside me
When I say my prayers
Ain't that I mind workin'
Workin' means travelers
Journeyin' togheter
To the promised land
But old man sorrow
Mountin' all the way with me
Tell' me that I'm old now
Since I lose my man
Since I lose my man
Old man sorrow's sitting by the fireplace,
Lying all night long by me in the bed.
Telling me the same thing morning, noon and evening,
That I'm all alone now since my man is dead.
 since my man is dead.