The
Black Ghost singing on the subway train
Carries such a lonesome song
I wanna tell him that he breaks my heart
For he sings too long
Smiles ring out across the
Empty faces as they leave his
Song behind
By and by I'll understand
The trouble in my mind
I see old lightning out
on Darling Street
Gettin' education from the night
Nobody seems to think
he's down and out
The people there say he's alright
He sits and he watches them
from sun to sun
As they move on down the line
Bye -bye, I'll understand
the trouble in my mind
Dia's got a picture of her dear old Ma
Face down on her shelf
She makes chalk marks on
her bedroom wall
When she sleeps all by herself
Folks in the neighborhood,
they say she's gone
But to me, she's always kind
By and by, I'll understand
the trouble in my mind
Preacher swears he witnessed
God's creation
He laughed when Adam fell
He traveled yonder where he's gone,
up in heaven
He'd gone way down in hell
His broken words ringing in my ears
Every man was born for dying
By and by, I'll understand
the trouble in my mind
The robbers and the cheaters
and the mean mistreaters
Are hung up on the wall
Grieving and moaning, crying all about
When they had it all
But with me I got direction in mind
Road along the way
I'm gonna travel
Till I find
By and by
I'll understand the trouble in
my mind
I can hear the an gels singing
Zion's songs,
the church bells ringing glory
I'm gonna gaze across the stormy tides
That which tells my story
And when I get on home,
I'm gonna lay back and unwind
By and by, I'll understand
the trouble in my mind
By and by, I'll understand the
trouble in my mind you