I suffer, I suffer with the blues But my doctor, my doctor said it can't do me no good I suffer, I suffer so hard with the blues But my doctor, my doctor said it can't do me no good The elder boy asked me, he asked me to lay the outside woman alone Oh, but how I wish I could, sure enough I do now My wife done run off and left me, took every doggone dime I had My wife, my wife done run off and left me, and she took, and she took every doggone dime I had Yes, yes, that's not the part that hurt me so bad Now she got, now she got my only child, callin' another main day She got a grand big heart, Lord have mercy, it must be made of stone She got a grand big heart, good God Almighty, it must be made of stone Oh, she love me, she love me, she love me, she love me, yeah, she love me, yeah, all along