Sweet woman left me, Lord, and I don't know why My sweet woman left me, Lord, and I don't know why So I better start to thinkin' 'cause it's no use, babe, to cry Lord a woman is one thing you can't understand Lord, a woman is one thing you can't understand When you think she's lovin' you, she's quittin' you for some other man Goin' back to Salt Lake City, here ain't no place for me Goin' back to Salt Lake City, t'ain't no place for me Goin' back to Salt Lake City, where the women won't let me be You have a wife in the morning, Lord, a wife at night You have a wife in the morning, Lord, a wife at night And always a substitute to take her place when she's out of sight When a man's out gamblin', he must expect to lose When a man's out gamblin', he must expect to lose That's the reason why I've got the Salt Lake City blues I'm leaving here tonight, if I have to ride the blinds I'm leaving here tonight, if I have to ride the blinds Take a freight train special, tell the engineer, "Lose no time" Now the jinx all on me, all on this town Now the jinx all on me, all over this town That's the reason why I'm Salt Lake City bound