Well I dreamt a dream, I never dreamt before Dreamt my baby told me, that I couldn't be talking no more I lay down happy, woke up this morning crying I didn't have no blues, but I was just dissatisfied I know my baby, sure don't know if I'm here Well, if she did, she would surely feel my care Well I wonder, will my suitcase hold my clothes I ain't got so many, But I got so far to go Well my mama's dead, and my papa went to sea Oh the life I'm living, oh and it's killing me Well you used to know me, but you just don't know me now My mama told me, and papa told me too Well the life you're living, honey'll be the death of you