my man s gone now ain t no use a listenin for his tired footsteps climbin up the stairs old man sorrow s come to keep me company whisperin beside me when i say my prayers when i say my prayers he come aroud he come up he come around ain t that i mind workin workin means travelers journeyin togheter to the promised land but old man sorrow mountin all the way with me tell me that i m old now since i lose my man since i lose my man since i lose my man