It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long I went across the river, laid me down to sleep I went across the river, laid me down to sleep I went across the river, laid me down to sleep When I woke up, I had shackles on my feet Don't you know It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine? I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine? I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine? Twenty one years on the Rocky Mountain line Oh, it takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long Well the train I ride, it's twenty one coaches long The train I ride is twenty one coaches long The train I ride is twenty one coaches long The woman I love she's on that train and gone Oh, it takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long I'm worried now but I won't be worried long