I can get my money : but trouble won't let it stay
Trouble gets on me : and my money gets away

I wonder why : trouble keeps on worrying me
I'd just soon : have my body baby buried in the sea

Trouble in the morning : noon and night
Seemed like I'm treated : every way but right

When trouble gets on me : it never ends
I get out of one thing : and back into something else
again

Nobody knows : the trouble I do see
Nobody knows : but the good Lord and me