Lyrics:

If I get lucky, and just make my train fare home
If I ever get luck', and make my train fare home
I b'lieve I will leave this town, and I ain't coming back no more

My Mother told me, 'J B, you better watch your step.'
My Mother sat down and told me, 'J B, you better watch your step.
One day you will fall down, and you gon' need somebody's help.'

You know, I feel that my neck is hangin' from a tree
Sometime I sits down, have this feeling, my neck is hangin' from a tree
You know, the devil killed my Father, Lord, don't let the devil kill poor me