Back home the family's eatin' dinner there's a fire in the fireside warm and bright   But I won't be there today cause I've got a debt to pay   And they don't let black sheep stray from the road   No they don't let black sheep stray from the road   My throat is out crying for water Lord that wind is blowing cold   That guard is watching me like a hawk up in the tree   And I'm longing to be free from the road yes I'm longing to be free from the road   Every bone inside my body's aching and that guard don't care if I live or die   He told me yesterday son don't try to get away   For I'll lay you down to stay by the road yes I'll lay you down to stay by the road