The penthouse floor is
covered with rust.
Them old plush carpets
are full of dust.
The elevator broke down
and I have to walk up 98 flights.
That's blues.
Oh, man. What's that?
That's New York blues.
Do a worried man blues, man.
Do a worried man blues.
I went across the river, I lay down to sleep
I went across the river, I lay down to sleep
I went across the river,
I lay down to sleep
When I woke up,
had shackles on my feet
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to
sing a worried song
Takes a worried man to sing
a worried song
I'm worried now,
but I won't be worried long
Around my leg,
got twenty -nine links of chain
Around my leg,
got twenty -nine links of chain
Around my leg, twenty -nine links
a -chainin' on each leg
I'm missin' from my knee
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to
sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to
sing a worried song
I'm worried now,
but I won't be worried long
I said, just what might be my fine
I said, just what's gonna be my fine
I said, just what's gonna
be my fine
In twenty -nine years on
the Rocky Mountain
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to
sing a worried song
Worry now, but it won't be
worried long
I looked down the track, far as I could see
I looked down the track,
just as far as my eye could see
I looked down the track,
far as my eye could see
Did a little bitty hand,
a -wavin' af ter me
Takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to
sing a worried song
Takes a worried man to sing
a worried song
Worried now, but he won't be worried long