A there's a black cloud
Hanging over my head
Down to my last buck
A with an ol' black cloud
Hanging over my head
There ain't no such thing as good luck
Oh, the very first Saturday of every month
I go down to get me some pay
A when I ask my bossman about a draw
This is what my bossman say
(Huh huh) Black cloud hanging over my head
Down to my last buck
With an ol' black cloud
Hanging over my head
There ain't no such thing as good luck
Well, I earn my livin' by the sweat of my brow
I work so hard every day
A with that ol' black cloud hanging over my head
To drive my dreams away
And if it wasn't for the help of the one I love
To tell my troubles to
There just ain't no telling what that ol' black cloud
Might drive this poor man to
(Huh huh huh) Black cloud hanging over my head
Down to my last buck
A with an ol' black cloud
Hanging over my head
There ain't no such thing as good luck
I'm gonna' seed in the ground
Gonna' grow me a tree
This is what that black cloud done
They sent all the locust to eat up the tree
I'm gonna cook my brains in the sun
And one of these days
When I'm laid away
I know that cloud can't wait
It's gonna hover over me on Judgement Day
To keep me from the Pearly Gate
(Yeah huh huh) Black cloud hanging over my head
Down to my last buck
With an ol' black cloud
Hanging over my head
There ain't no such thing as good luck
(Yeah) Black cloud hanging over my head
Down to my last buck
With an ol' black cloud
Hanging over my head
There ain't no such thing as good luck