Mister Trouble - Lonnie Johnson

When the town is fast asleep, Mister Trouble makes his round.\nWhen the town is fast asleep, Mister Trouble makes his round.\nThen every time he knocks on somebody’s door, you can hear a mournful sound.\nSome poor woman cries out, «My man is gone. Lord, what am I goin' a do?»\nSome poor woman cries out, «My man is gone. Lord, what am I gonna do?\n«I never knowed how much I need him, until the day he say we were through.»\nThen Mister Trouble strolls on down, stops at the house next door.\nThen Mister Trouble strolls on down, stops at the house next door.\nA poor man cries out, «My woman’s gone. Baby won’t be back no more.»\nI lost the best woman I had, listened to just what my friends had to say.\nI lost the best woman I had, listened to what my friends had to say.\nAnd ever since my baby ‘s been gone, I been dyin' slowly day-by-day.\nThen Mister Trouble walks on down, stops at the last house in the line.\nThen Mister Trouble strolls on down, stops at the last house in the line.\nHe knocks on the woman’s front door, she ‘s standing in the back door cryin.'\nShe says, «Mister Trouble, I’m not cryin' ‘cause I’m lonesome, I’m happy as can\nbe.\nI’m not cryin' ‘cause I’m lonesome, I’m happy as can be.\nI thought I lost my good man, but he ‘s heading home to me.»\n«So Mister Trouble, please go and let me alone.\nSo Mister Trouble, please go and let me alone.\n‘Cause I haven’t had a piece of mind, since my good man been gone.»