It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long I went 'cross the river, laid down to sleep I went 'cross the river, I laid down to sleep When I woke up, had shackles on my feet Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg On each link, is initial of my name It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long I asked that judge, what might be my fine I asked that judge, what might be my fine Twenty one years on the RC Mountain Line Train that arrived is sixteen coaches long Train arrived is sixteen coaches long Woman I love on that train and gone It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long If anybody ask you, "Who composed this song?" If anybody ask you, "Who composed this song?" Tell 'em t'was me and I sing it all day long It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long Worried now, I won't be worried long
