Carrying on a conversation. Looking in your eyes. The words, they seem to pass us by. You know as well as I. . How many kinds of tribulation. Must a friend endure.
There's cryin' in the city. All the people are sayin'. I heard it on the mountain. Where I was living. . No food for the children. Oh, the times are so bad.
I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees. I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees. Asked the lord above for mercy, "save me if you please".