Amtrak Blues - Alberta Hunter

Somebody come here and help me

Help me 'cause the man I love is gone

Yes, come here and help me

Help me, 'cause the man I love is gone

I’m so confused and worried

I can hardly carry on

Oh, trouble, dark days

Just can’t last always

(Lord, I know)

I said trouble and dark days

Just can’t last always

(Lord help me, help me)

So I’m gonna keep on struggling

I know I’ll see brighter days

(Please help me, somebody, help me)

My two sisters told me

Other people tried to tell me too

(Oh Lord, yes)

I said, my two sisters told me

Other people tried to tell me too

(Hey, yes)

They said, you don’t change your way of living

That very man’s gonna be the death of you

(Oh Lord, yes)

I know he’s ornery, he’s trifling

He’s the type of man that just don’t care

Lord, he’s ornery, he’s selfish

He’s the type of man that just don’t care

(Lord help me, help me, somebody)

He’d pawn the holy bible

Just to get his Amtrak railroad fare

(Oh, he’s lousy, he’s a dirty dog)

Oh, I love him, yes, I love him

Oh, I love him

Oh, and I don’t mind dying

(You hear me talking to you? Help me, somebody)

I said I love him, yes, I love him

Love him, and I don’t mind dying

(Oh, help me, yes, help me)

I ever run across him

I’m gonna crack his head

And drink his blood like wine