Trouble on the water, trouble on the land Old man trouble makes his home Where he can find a troubled man Trouble, oh trouble Trouble on my trail That son of a gun's got me on the run Old man trouble on my trail Midnight at the crossroads Standing by the highway side Headlights zooming in from the distance I'm trying to flag a ride Gotta make it back to the Delta The place where the blues was born But nobody wants to take a troubled man On his lonely journey home Trouble, oh trouble It's the darkest night I've ever seen Someone tall must have turned off the light Trouble's my only companion Feel like hangin' down my head and cry I thought I heard Blind Willie Johnson sing What is the soul of a man Get down on your bended knees my brother One day you will understand Trouble, oh trouble Trouble on the water, trouble on the land Old man trouble makes his home Where he can find a troubled man