I just got your letter baby;
A-too bad you can't come home.
I-I-I swear I'm goin' crazy,
Sittin' here all alone.
Since your gone I got a mess of blues.

I ain't slept a wink since Sunday;
I can't eat a thing all day.
Ev'ry day is just blue Monday
Since you've been away.
Since your gone I got a mess of blues.

Whoops, there goes a tear drop,
Rollin' down my face.
If you cry when your in love,
It sure ain't no disgrace.

I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind.
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind.
Since your gone I got a mess of blues.

Walking in the park just the other day baby,
What do you think I saw?
Crowds of people sitting on the grass with flowers in their hair said,
"Hey boy, do you wanna score?"
And you know how it is,
I really don't know what time it was,
So I asked them if I could stay a while.

I didn't notice but it had got very dark and I was really,
Really out of my mind.
Just then a policeman stepped up to me and asked us said please hey would we care,
To all get in line.
Get in line.
Well you know,
They asked us to stay for tea and have some fun,
He said that his friends would all drop by.

Why don't you take a good look at yourself and describe what you see,
And baby baby baby do you like it?
There you sit, sitting spare like a book on a shelf rusting,
Not trying to fight it.
You really don't care if they're coming,
I know that it's all a state of mind.

If you go down in the streets today baby you better,
You better open your eyes.
Folk down there really don't care really don't care don't care really don't,
Which way the pressure lies.
So I've decided what I'm gonna do now.
So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountains,
Where the spirits go now,
Over the hills where the spirits fly.

I really don't know.

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Well come on pretty baby
Let's move it and-a groove it
( ? )
( ? )

Let's move it

You gonna be my lover baby
You ain't gonna stop
I'm gonna give you real good love
Gonna drive ( ? )

Well move, move on down the line
I'm gonna do right, do right all the time

Well I'm gonna move on down the line
I'm gonna get this girl to be mine
She'll be cool and she'll be tall
( ? ) we gotta go

Train I ride 16 coaches long
Train I ride 16 coaches long
Well that big black train
Took my baby along

Train, train movin' round the bend
Train, train movin' round the bend, round the bend
Well he took my baby
But he never will again