Lord knows I’ve tried
To do What’s right
Five long year I’ve stayed home
Both day and night

‘Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder you know I heard a mean, yeah
Always in trouble
Lord they just won’t let me be

People Talk about me
Both night and day
I said, Lord please forgive them
And go the other way
‘Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder you know I heard a mean, yeah
Always in trouble
Lord they just won’t let me be


And from now on
I will not run and hide
I’ll face trouble with a smile
And hope it pass me by


‘Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder, I say I heard a man
Yes, we’re always in trouble
They just won’t, they just won’t
Lord, they just won’t let me be, oh yeah.