(Worried man,) (Papa is a worried man.) (Worried man,) (Papa is a worried man.)
The place I go to draw my pay, Closed the door on me today.
Told me just to stay away, And don't come back again.
I told my Mama, "Baby, don't you cry. "I'll get a job before the day go by."
I don't know where, and that is why, I'm a worried man. (Worried.)

Worried man, a worried man. (Worried.) (Worried.)
I'm a very worried man.
Hungry babies don't understand, And their Papa is a worried man.
Papa is a worried man. (Play it, Willie,) (Yeah.)

There is no way that I can see, that I can feed my family, (That's sad.)
I don't own a money tree, An' I don't own no land, now listen,
I've got muscle and I've got brains.
I don't mind the sun an' the rain, I gotta make a little change,
As I'm a worried, worried, worried man, oh. (Worried.)
Worried man, a worried man. (Worried.)

(Worried.) I'm a very worried man. (Worried man.)
Hungry babies don't understand, And their Papa is a worried man.
Their Papa is a worried man. (Take it, take it.)
(That's it, (That's it, that's it, that's it.)
(OK, do it, go Willie.) (Worried man, worried man.)
(Papa is a worried man.) (Worried man, worried man.)

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Writer(s): John Carter Cash, June Carter Cash