Lord knows I've tried
To do what's right
Five long years I've stayed home
Both day and night

I gotta a long trouble
Over yonder
Way up there I heard a mean
Always in trouble
Lord they just won't let me be

People talk about me
Both night and day
I said, Lord please forgive them
And go the other way

I smell a long trouble
Way over yonder way up there a mean
Whoooh
Always in trouble
Lord, they just won't let me be
Won't let me be

But from now on
I will not run and hide
Gonna face trouble with a smile
And hope it pass me by

I gotta long trouble
Way over yonder way up there a mean
Whoh, always in trouble
Lord, they just won't let me be
Ah, Lord, they won't let me be

Oh, from now on
I will not run and hide
Gonna face trouble with a smile
And hope it pass me by
I gotta long trouble
Way over yonder way up there a mean
Whoh, always in trouble

They just won't
They just won't
They just won't
They just won't let me be

Oooh, yea-a-a-a