I ain't gonna be, I ain't gonna be, babe, your fool no more I ain't gonna be, be, no, no, I ain't gonna be, be, your fool no more I'm so tired, so tired, babe, being your slave, both night and day I'm sittin' here rockin', rockin' rockin' rockin' Rockin' these blues away, tryin' so hard I'm tryin' so hard, so hard rock these blues away, In my rockin' chair, my old time rockin' chair, rockin' chair Lord, have mercy I believe, I believe, my woman seeing someone else I believe, I believe, I believe, she's seeing someone else All I can do, all I can do, all I can do, rock in my old time rockin' chair Have mercy! Rockin', rockin', rockin', rockin', rockin' in' these blues away I tried so hard, tried, tried, tried, rock these blues out of my mind All my friends tell me, tell me, I just waste my tears on you All my friends tell me, tell, tell me, tell me, tell me, I just waste my tears on you No, no, no, no, no, no Gonna keep on trying, keep on try, tryin' to rock these blues away Rock these blues away Rock me on, hmm, hmm Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm Rock these blues, rock these blues away from me