[Verse 1] I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I'll say goodbye to Colorado Where I was born and partly raised [Verse 2] Your mother says that I'm a stranger A face you'll never see no more But there's one promise darling I'll see you on God's golden shore [Verse 3] Through this open world I'm a-bound to ramble Through ice and snow, sleet and rain I'm a-bound to ride that morning railroad Perhaps I'll die upon that train [Verse 4] I'm a-going back to Colorado The place that I've started from If I'd know-ed how bad you'd treat me Honey, I never would have come