[Verse 1]
I come from deep country underneath the settin' sun
Rollin' down a long highway that's where this begun
Stead of wonderin' where you are I just stand behind this guitar
I'm as lonesome as a shadow

[Chorus]
I'm as lonesome as a leaf that is fallin' down off the tree
Just as tired as the train that carried my baby away again
Well I come from the Gulf where even Houston is away up North
I'm as lonesome as a shadow

[Verse 2]
Now we're in Texas baby where them paper, paper crow fly
I went down to Texas with Louisiana always on my mind
I was out in Arkansas but I can't tell you just what I saw
I'm as lonesome as a shadow

[Chorus]
I'm as lonesome as a leaf that is fallin' down off the tree
Just as tired as the train that carried my baby away again
Oh goodbye, woe is me, bound for Georgia out of Tennessee
I'm as lonesome, just as lonesome, just as lonesome
As a shadow