I ain't gonna be, I ain't gonna be, babe, your fool no more
  I ain't gonna be, be, no, no, I ain't gonna be, be, your fool no more
  I'm so tired, so tired, babe, being your slave, both night and day
  
  I'm sittin' here rockin', rockin' rockin' rockin'
  Rockin' these blues away, tryin' so hard
  I'm tryin' so hard, so hard rock these blues away,
  in my rockin' chair, my old time rockin' chair, rockin' chair
  Lord, have mercy
  
  I believe, I believe, my woman seeing someone else
  I believe, I believe, I believe, she's seeing someone else
  All I can do, all I can do, all I can do, rock in my old time rockin' chair
  Have mercy!
  Rockin', rockin', rockin', rockin', rockin' in' these blues away
  I tried so hard, tried, tried, tried, rock these blues out of my mind
  
  All my friends tell me, tell me, I just waste my tears on you
  All my friends tell me, tell, tell me, tell me, tell me, I just waste my tears on you
  No, no, no, no, no, no
  Gonna keep on trying, keep on try, tryin' to rock these blues away
  
  Rock these blues away
  Rock me on, hmm, hmm
  hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
  Rock these blues, rock these blues away from me