I am a man of constant sorrow

I've seen trouble all my days

I'll say goodbye to Colorado

Where I was born and prob'ly raised



Your mother says I am a stranger

My face you'll never see no more

But there's one promise darling

I'll see you on God's golden shore



Through this open world I'm about to ramble

Through ice, snow, sleet and rain

I am about to rob the mornin' railroad

Perhaps I'll die on that train



I'm goin' back to Colorado

Place that I started from

If I'd knowed how bad you'd treat me

Honey I never would have come