Lost John's sittin' on a railroad track   Something's out of whack   Blues this mornin' fallin' down like hail   Gonna leave a greasy trail      Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do   Then come back and see you   All I ever do is struggle and strive   I don't do anybody any harm   I might make it back home alive      I'm the oldest son of a crazy man   I'm in a cowboy band   Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide   I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby   If I knew, you was on the other side      Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore   And my happiness is o'er   Winter's gone, the river's on the rise   I loved you then and ever shall   But there's no one left here to tell   The world has gone black before my eyes      Well, the world of research has gone berserk   Too much paperwork   Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell   I'm beginning to believe what the Scriptures tell      I've gone where the Southern crosses The Yellow Dog   Get away from these demagogues   And these bad luck women stick like glue   It's either one or the other, or neither of the two      She says, "Look out, daddy   Don't want you to tear your pants   You could get wrecked in this dance"   They say, "Whiskey'll kill you but I don't think it will"   I'm ridin' with you to the top of the hill      Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore   And my happiness is o'er   Winter's gone, the river's on the rise   I loved you then and ever shall   But there's no one left here to tell   Now the world has gone black before my eyes      Don't know why my baby never looked so good before   Don't have to wonder no more   She been cookin' all day, gonna take me all night   I can't eat all that stuff in a single bite      The judge's coming in, everybody rise   Lift up your eyes   You can do what you please, you don't need my advice   'Fore you call me any dirty names, you better think twice      Gettin' light outside, the temperature dropped   I think the rain has stopped   I'm gonna make you come to grips with fate   When I'm through with you   You'll learn to keep your business straight      Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore   And my happiness is o'er   Winter's gone, the river's on the rise   I loved you then and ever shall   But there's no one left here to tell   The world has gone black before my eyes      The bright spark of the steady lights   Has dimmed my sights   When you're around me all my grief gives 'way   A lifetime with you is like some heavenly day      Everything I've ever known to be right   Has been proven wrong   I'll be drifting along   The woman, I'm loving she rules my heart   No knife could ever cut our love apart      Today I'll stand in faith and raise   The voice of praise   The sun is strong, I'm standing in the light   I wish to God that it were night      Oh, I miss you, Nettie Moore   And my happiness is o'er   Winter's gone, the river's on the rise   I loved you then and ever shall   But there's no one here left to tell   The world has gone black before my eyes