[Verse 1]
Late last night I stowed away and cried
Late last night I stowed away and cried
Got the blues for Chicago, can't be satisfied

[Verse 2]
Got the blues so bad I'm going to leave old Bingham Town
Got the blues so bad I'm going to leave old Bingham Town
My man caught a train, it was Chicago bound

[Verse 3]
Blues on my brain, my tongue refuses to talk
Blues on my brain, my tongue refuses to talk
I'd follow my daddy, but my feet refuse to walk

[Verse 4]
"T" is for Texas, "T" is for Tennessee
"T" is for Texas, "T" is for Tennessee
"T" is for the train that took my man from me

[Verse 5]
Mean old fireman, cruel old engineer
Mean old fireman, cruel old engineer
You took my man away and left his mama standing here

[Verse 6]
Red headline in tomorrow's Defender news
Big red headline in tomorrow's Black Dispatch news:
"Woman dead down home with the Chicago blues"