I ain't got no
Special rider here
I ain't got no
No special rider here
I ain't got nobody
To love and feel my care
I woke up this mo'nin
Looked at spec special risin' sun
I woke up this mo'nin
I looked at special risin' sun
Now
I pray up to the good lord
That my special rider
She would come
I got up off a my pallet
I laid down 'cross my bed
I got up off my pallet
An I laid down across my bed
When I went to eat my breakfast
An the blues was all in my bread
You know
I got a letter
How do you reck'in it read
I got a letter
An how do you reck'in it read
You better hur' up an come home
Because yo' special rider
She's dead