Big Bill Broonzy - Mean Old World

Sometime I get disgusted, yeah, my mind goes up and down
Yes, sometime I get disgusted, yeah, and my mind goes up and down
Yeah, my woman has quit me, now my buddies hangin' around

This is a mean old world to live in, I'm just travelin' through
It's a mean old world to live in, I'm just travelin' through
Yes, sometime I get so blue, that I don't know what to do

I been up North, all over the Southern states
Yes, I've been in the North, all over the Southern states
Yes, people, it ain't the world, 'cause the good Lord made it straight, yeah

What's for poor me to do?
Yeah, what's for poor me to do?
Yeah, it sets my mother praying, I hope she prays for me not you