Well I'm going away my baby

I'm gonna leave you honey now

Well that train passed by when you lay sleeping

I'm gonna write you a letter on a dusty boxcar wall

The only two things a gambler needs

Are a suitcase and a trunk

And the only time that he's satisfied

Is when he's on the drunk

I once loved a boy in Cincinnati

I loved a boy in sunny Tennessee

Well a city boy will fill your heart with sadness

But a country boy's as good as he can be