Intro: (x4) verse 1 Stay out on the levee Watching the leaves roll by (?) My heart was feeling heavy Did not know the reason why. I was crying for you Wherever you may be I was crying for you Because you once were me verse 2 My best friend in this whole world Is a man who’s dead and gone. Now I’m bound to wander With nothing but his song. And he walked out of this world As lonely as he came You can rest assured you won’t see my man again. I’ve got the young blood blues They’re following me I’ve got the young blood blues They just won’t let me be. verse 3 I'm going back to New York I won't be back to stay If you see my old friends Won't you tell them I'm still away Got heart ache like a river And it runs a muddy muck You could rest assure You won't see me for a long, long while I’ve got the young blood blues They’re following me I’ve got the young blood blues They just won’t let me be. I’ve got the young blood blues They’re following me I’ve got the young blood blues They just won’t let me be.