It makes a long time man feel bad It makes a long time man feel bad He can't get no letter He can't hear from home That makes a long time man feel bad My baby sister keeps a writing' "come on home" My baby sister keeps a writin' "come on home" And my tears run down 'cause my time's so long It makes a long time man feel bad Well bad. Surely my mother must be gone Well surely (surely) my mother must be gone Well surely my mother must be gone oh Lord That makes a long time man feel bad There ain't no doctor no doctor in all this land There ain't no doctor no doctor in all this land Ain't no doctor can cure fever of a convict man That makes a long time man feel bad.