trouble in the mind

Nina Simone

(1927) Richard Jones

Trouble in mind, I m blue
But I won t be blue always,
Cause the sun s gonna shine
In my backdoor some day.

I m all alone at midnight
And my lamp is burnin low
Ain t never had so much
Trouble in my life before.

Trouble in mind, that s true
I have almost lost my mind,
Life ain t worth livin,
Sometimes I feel like dyin .

Goin down to the river
Gonna take my ol rockin chair
And if the blues don t leave me
I ll rock away from there.

You been a hard-hearted mama
Great God! You been unkind
Gonna be a cold, cold papa
Cause you to lose your mind.

I m gonna lay my head down
On some lonesome railroad line
And let the two nineteen
Pacify my mind.

Well it s trouble, oh trouble
Trouble on my worried mind,
When you see me laughin
I m laughin just to keep from cryin .