Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad

It makes a long time man feel bad

It makes a long time man feel bad

He can't get no letter

He can't hear from home

That makes a long time man feel bad

My baby sister keeps a-writing, come on home

My baby sister keeps a-writing, come on home

And my tears run down, 'cause my time's so long

It makes a long time man feel bad

Well, surely my mother must be gone

Surely, surely my mother must be gone

Well, surely my mother must be gone, oh Lord

That makes a long time man feel bad

There ain't no doctor, no doctor in all this land

There ain't no doctor, no doctor in all this land

Ain't no doctor can cure the fever of a convict man

That makes a long time man feel bad

It makes a long time man feel bad

It makes a long time man feel bad

He can't get no letter

He can't even hear from home

That makes a long time man feel bad