[Verse 1: Kevin Russell]
Well meeting is pleasure and parting is grief
But a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob you and take what you've saved
But a false-hearted lover takes you to your grave

[Chorus: Kevin Russell]
I’m troubled, I'm troubled, I'm troubled in mind
If trouble don’t kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time
I'm troubled, I'm troubled, I'm troubled in mind
If trouble don't kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time

[Verse 2: Kevin Russell]
The grave can detain you and turn you to dust
Ain't a girl in a million that a poor boy can trust
They hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies
On the cross ties on a railroad or the stars in the skies

[Chorus: Kevin Russell]
I’m troubled, I’m troubled, I'm troubled in mind
If trouble don’t kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time
I'm troubled, I'm troubled, I’m troubled in mind
If trouble don't kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time

[Verse 3: Kevin Russell]
I'm going to Georgia, I'm going to roam
I'm going to Georgia, gonna make it my home
I'm gonna build me a cabin on the mountains so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can hear my sad cry
[Chorus: Kevin Russell]
'Cause I'm troubled, I'm troubled, I'm troubled in mind
If trouble don't kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time
I'm troubled, I'm troubled, I'm troubled in mind
If trouble don't kill me, Lord, I'll live a long time