I went down on the corner with my money in my hand To kill my woman about loving another man You see it's grieving me oh it's grieving me Going to pack my grip beat it back to Tennessee I'm so sad and lonely love has been refused Can't have no loving but I still have the blues You see it's grieving me oh it's grieving me Going to pack my grip beat it back to Tennessee They call me pretty papa swellest man in town Women all screaming about me but I can't give up my brown You see it's grieving me oh it's grieving me Going to pack my grip beat it back to Tennessee Daddy's got the washboard mama's got the tub Sister's got the liquor and brother's got the jug You see it's grieving me oh it's grieving me Going to pack my grip beat it back to Tennessee My water pipe's all rusted water's running cold Someone's in the basement trying to find the hole You see it's grieving me oh it's grieving me Going to pack my grip beat it back to Tennessee