Well I'm going to get up in the morning : get to Highway Forty‑Nine Well *about* my sweet woman : ooo well well she don't pay poor Joey no mind Well if you ever had the blues : get to Highway Forty‑Nine Well *about* sweet woman : ooo well boys she trying to throw poor Joey down [I'm going to wake, well I'm going to get] in the morning : I believe I'll dust my bed Going down the Highway Forty‑Nine : ooo well boys I be rocking to my head Blues this morning : I'll be rolling in Jackson town Lord I'm tired of laying around : ooo well boys on Highway Forty‑Nine