[Intro]
Got the blues
Got the blues in the night

[Verse 1]
My momma done told me
When I was in knee pants
My momma done told me, "Son
A woman'll sweet talk
And give you the big eye
But when the sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing who'll leave you
To sing the blues
In the night"

[Bridge]
Now the rains are falling
Here the train a calling
Hoo-ey

[Verse 2]
My momma done told me
Hear that lonesome whistle
Blowing 'cross the trestle
Hoo-ey
[Chorus]
My momma done told me
A-hoo-ey, da-hoo-ey
Ol' clickety clack's
A-echoing back the blues
In the night

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
From Natchez to Mobile
From Memphis to Saint Joe
Wherever the four winds blow
I been in some big towns
And I heard me some big talk
But there is one thing I know
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues
In the night

[Chorus]
I can't lose those old blues
My momma was right
There's blues in the night
In the night
In the night
In the night