If my mother hadn't died

Lord my father left his child at home

If my mother hadn't died

Cause my father left his child at home

Well my life wouldn ' t be so miserable baby

I wouldn ' t feel so all alone

I was born in Alabama

Yeah well I was raised up in Tennessee

I was born in Alabama

Yeah well I was raised up in Tennessee

While I lived through all this sorrow someone's

Always tried to hurt poor me

Well I ' d rather be lyin' dead

Sleepin' way down in my grave

Well I ' d rather be dead

Sleepin' way down in my grave

Than to live all this sorrow

Yeahah And misery everyday