Sometime I live the country    Sometime I live in town    Sometime I have a grave notion    To jump into the river and drown      Quit your ramblin' quit your gamblin'    Quit staying out late at night   Stay at home with your wife and your family    And sit back by the fireside light.       Irene goodnight   Irene goodnight   Goodnight Irene goodnight Irene   I will see you in my dreams      Asked your mother for you    But she said you were too young   They said I would never see your face   Well I wish I was never born      Goodnight Irene goodnight   Irene goodnight   Goodnight Irene goodnight Irene   I will see you .       I love Irene god knows I do    I'm gonna love her till the sea run dry   If I can't have Irene with me tonight    I might take morphine and die   Yeah I might take morphine and die.       Irene goodnight Irene goodnight   Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene   I will see you in my dreams    I will see you in my dreams.