There's two freight trains, baby, runnin' side by side There's the two freight trains, they's runnin' side by side And you got my little old baby, now I guess you satisfied These blues I've got, babe, Lord, they're about to run me mad I say these blues I've got, babe, they about to run me mad You know, they're the worst old feelin', Lord, as ever I ever had And my mama told me when I was only seven years old And my mama told me when I was only seven years old She said, "When you get one year older, I'm gonna set your little old clothes outdoors." I can read and write, baby, you know I can spell your name I say I can read and write, babe, you know I can spell your name If you don't write to me, I'm gonna write to you just the same Lord, Lordy, Lordy, Lord Lord, Lord, Lordy, Lordy, Lord Babe, I swear I want dollar and a quarter with every cents your daddy draws Don't you let your baby know every place you go Don't you let your baby know every place you go Because she'll raise so much sand that you can't go back there no more When I come home this mornin', my baby asked where I, had I been When I come home this mornin', my baby asked where I, had I been Don't you know, I was scared to tell her 'cause I wanted to go back there again