[Intro]
(Worried man) (Papa is a worried man)
(Worried man) (Papa is a worried man)

[Verse 1]
The place I go to draw my pay
Closed the door on me today
Told me just to stay away
And don't come back again
Ah: I told my Mama: Baby, don't you cry
I'll get a job before the day go by
I don't know where, and that is why

[Chorus]
I'm a worried man. (Worried)
Worried man, a worried man
(Worried) (Worried)
I'm a very worried man

[Verse 2]
Hungry babies don't understand
And their Papa is a worried man
Papa is a worried man. (Play it, Johnny) (Yeah)
There is no way that I can see
That I can feed my family, (That's sad)
I don't own a money tree
An' I don't own no land
Now listen: I've got muscle and I've got brains
I don't mind the sun an' the rain
I got to make a little change
[Chorus]
As I'm a worried, worried, worried man, ooh. (Worried)
Worried man, a worried man
(Worried.) (Worried.)
I'm a very worried man. (Worried man)

[Outro]
Hungry babies don't understand
And their Papa is a worried man
Their Papa is a worried man. (Take it: take it)
(That's it, (That's it, that's it, that's it)
(Ok, do it: go Willie)
(Worried man, worried man)
(Papa is a worried man)
(Worried man, worried man)