Since you came first to me,
Dear one, glad one,
you bring all the worst to me.
Near one, sad one,
there's trouble in your coming,
and trouble in your laughter.
There's trouble in your going,
and trouble after.
Since you are near to me,
lost one, bad one.
No other is dear to me,
loved one, bad one.
I love your dark silence,
love your bright laughter.
I love the trouble you bring me,
the crying after.
Troubleman, troubleman,
since you've been gone
Somehow I manage
living here alone
All day long you done catch
me weepin'
But oh God help me
when it comes time for sleepin'
When it comes time for sleep in'
here alone.
Trouble man, trouble man,
walkin' out there
Maybe in a strange town,
God knows where
Maybe in a strange place,
hurryin' and walkin'
Listen to my blood on my bones,
hearin' talkin'
Listen to the blood in my hands and feet
Findin' you out in
a forestry street
Findin' the footprints out
where you've gone
Askin' aren't you comin' home,
trouble man?
Trouble man, trouble man,
trouble man, trouble man
Sayin' all day long you don't
catch me weepin'
But oh God help me
when it comes time for sleepin'
When it comes time for sleepin' here
alone
Troubleman, Trouble man.