When I was in Missouri, would not let me be When I was in Missouri, would not let me be Wouldn't rest content until I came to Tennessee If you follow me babe, I'll turn your money green Follow me babe, I'll turn your money green I'll show you more money, Rockefeller ever seen If the river was whiskey, babe and I was a duck River was whiskey, babe and I was a duck I'd dive to the bottom and I never would come up Woman I hate, I see her every day Woman I hate, I see her every day But the woman I love, she's so far away Talk about sweethearted, I declare I'm an honest man Talk about sweethearted, I declare I'm an honest man Give my woman money and broke her apron string All she give me was trouble, trouble all the time All she give me was trouble, trouble all the time I been troubled so long, trouble don't worry my mind I been down so long, said it seem like up to me I been down so long, seem like up to me Woman I love, heart like a rock in the sea I would holler murder but the fakin' town too small I would holler murder but the fakin' town too small Woman quit me, throwed my trunk outdoors