Standin' outside, y'all   It's raining, children   Gettin' soaking wet   And it's raining, y'all   Been put out, y'all   Nowhere to go, children      People all ask me   "Tell me what's wrong with you"   Tell 'em I've been sick, y'all, yeah   Yes, I've been sick, children, yeah      My baby got me in a terrible shape   Lord, she got me sufferin'   With a headache, yeah      Lord, pain in my heart workin'   Dragging my feet, y'all   Twelve long days, children   Had a bite to eat now      Y'all wanna know, yeah   Tell me what's wrong with me   Said I've been sick, y'all, yeah   Tell you I'm sick, y'all, yeah      Now no doctor's medicine   Will do me no good   Lord have mercy, children   I wished it would, yeah      Somebody, sick, bad shape   Pain, children, tremblin', y'all   Legs are tremblin', Lord   Hands are tied      Feel like I got a headache   Right here in my side   Heart's turning over   Beating like a drum, y'all   Tom tom tom, yeah   Heart's keep a beating, baby      Now what's wrong with me   Tell y'all I'm sick, y'all   Said I'm sick, y'all   Got me in a terrible shape   But nobody's got to   Get me off this shape      Yeah honey, oh y'all   Sufferin', children   Lord, I'm tired of it, honey   Rain is cold, children   Burnin' my side, y'all   Standing on the outside   Water in my shoes, children      She got me suffering, baby   Oh that's bad news, man   She got me moaning, y'all   Troubles out calm, yeah      She got me startin' to think   Where did I come from, y'all   Tell you I've been sick, y'all   Yeah, I've been sick, y'all   Everybody wanna know   Why I'm a wreck, y'all