I went down to Nashville    Rode that L&N    I'd seen that pretty gal standin' there    Dropped/brought my tongue down to my chin    Cause she's so fine    I was right on time       She took me down to 2nd street    She said "I'll be right back"    I waited there for seven weeks    Then got back on the track    And now we're through    Now I'm so blue       Chorus:   Oh no, the trouble that I'm in    Good times are over I got whiskers on my chin    And there's a long lonely road, boys    I'll be travellin'    So long, tell my troubles to the wind       Way down south in Louisville    They showed me to the door    They hadn't seen a railroad bum    Since 1924    Its a rich folk's town    They don't need me 'round       The police came and got me    They took/dropped me way downtown    Guilty for this vagrancy    And now I'm prison bound    Up on the hill    In Louisville       (Chorus)       If you're ever in Birmingham    You know where I'll be found    Standin' in line at the CCC    Signin' my name down    On the dotted line    Puttin' in my dime       So put away your whiskey boys    Throw down your gamblin' cards    Quit sellin' that corn liquor boys    And sleepin' in freight yards    In every town    They'll run you down       (Chorus)