Said I went down by that freight depot   And that freight train he come rollin' by   Lord and I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now   And I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now      And I went off in that far distant land   I wasn't there long before I got a telegram   (What did it say?)   Sayin' now man won't you please come home   Now man won't you please come home      Then I went back home, I looked on the bed   And that best old friend I had was dead   Lord, and I ain't got no lovin' baby now   And I ain't got no lovin' baby now      And I'm sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart   But that best old friend someday must part   Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now   And I ain't got no lovin' baby now   (Play it for me now)      Now as sure as the birds wings in the sky above   Life ain't worth livin' if you ain't with the one you love   Lord and I ain't got no lovin' baby now   Lord I ain't got no lover now      If I'd knowed you didn't love me and didn't want me to   I would've taken morphine and died   Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now   And I ain't got no lovin' baby now