My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants,
My mama done tol' me, "Son, a woman'll sweet talk
And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night."
Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin, "Whooee!" (My mama done tol' me)
Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle, "Whooee!" (My mama done tol' me)
"A-whooee-ah-whooee " ol' clickety clack's a echoin' back th' blues in the night.
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide its light when you get the blues in the night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind of song,
He knows things are wrong, and he's right.
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow,
A woman's a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.
My mama was right, there's blues in the night
A woman's a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.
My mama was right, there's blues in the night