This rocky road I travel, I begun when I was six years old This rocky road I travel, I begun when I was six years old You know, I didn't have no friend or no relation, people, I didn't have no place to go You know, I often wonder when I wasn't nothin' but a child People, you know, I often wonder when I wasn't nothin' but a child Now, why should I keep on living when life didn't seem worthwhile Look like everybody in this world was down on me Well, look like everybody in this world was down on me Until one day I met a little girl, and they call her Sadie Lee