I'm a lonely man, Susannah, 
An' ever now an' then it seems 
I gotta have somebody, 
Somebody I can love 
Like other folks do, 
'Cause it's a lonesome work I do. 

My reward it be's in heaven 
An' there's little reward here below. 
But ever now and then I near go mad, 
I need a woman so. 
I'm a lonely man, Susannah, 
An' made out o' flesh an' blood an' bone 
An' I need somebody I can love 
Like other folks 
'Cause it's a lonesome work I do.