Poor boy, long ways from home Poor boy, long ways from home Long ways from, poor man, his Mama's house And he can't bum a freight back home Nine hundred miles from home Nine hundred miles from home Not got no money, ain't got no friends Ain't got nowhere to go Oh darling, side-track your man Oh darling, side-track your man Side-track your man and go with me Oh darling, I'll treat you right Oh darling, you don't love me Oh darling, you don't love me You love some old rounder, but you don't love me Poor boy that works so hard Oh darling, you told me a lie Oh darling, you told me a lie You told me more lies than the diamonds in the skies Oh darling, I'll never marry you Oh darling, count the days I'm gone Oh darling, you count the days I'm gone Count the days I'm gone for it may be long Oh darling, count the days I'm gone