Women oh woman, I'm going away
Promise you my heart but you know I can't stay
I've had a heavy weight bearing down on me
It's taken a toll that is plainly to see
Where is your pity, where is your smile
Seems like they've been gone from your face for a while
I thought that old railroad would drive me out my mind
Left there running, another job I'll never find
I'll go back to Kentucky and there I'll disappear
Far back in the hills and from me you'll never hear
I'll find a pretty bluebird and teach it to sing
Only joy in this world that I'll know it will bring
I'll never go into town again
Never find another love, no one to call my friend
Promise you my heart but you know I can't stay
I've had a heavy weight bearing down on me
It's taken a toll that is plainly to see
Where is your pity, where is your smile
Seems like they've been gone from your face for a while
I thought that old railroad would drive me out my mind
Left there running, another job I'll never find
I'll go back to Kentucky and there I'll disappear
Far back in the hills and from me you'll never hear
I'll find a pretty bluebird and teach it to sing
Only joy in this world that I'll know it will bring
I'll never go into town again
Never find another love, no one to call my friend