How Long How Long Blues, No. 2

How long, babe, how long

Must I keep my watch in pawn?

How long, how long, baby, how long?

I'm going to the pawn shop, put my watch in pawn

I don't want it to tell me that you have been gone

For so long, so long, baby, so long

I had some tough luck lately, I got locked up in jail

I sit and called you, baby, to come and go my bail

For how long, how long, baby, how long?

I'm going down to Georgia, then up to Tennessee

So look me over, baby, 'cause the last you'll see of me

For so long, so long, baby, so long

The last time I tried to love you, you were so very cold

I thought that I was standing, holding the North Pole

For how long, how long, baby, how long?

I can look and see the green grass growing on that hill

But I can't see a greenback on a dollar bill

For so long, so long, baby, so long

I haven't any money for a ticket on the train

But I will ride the rods, baby, to be with you again

For how long, how long, baby, how long?