Well I came from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee

I'm goin' to Louisiana
My true love for to see


It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death

Suzanna don't you cry

I got a long way to go

I sure feel it now deep down in these dusty clothes
Through another town backed up with capricious souls
I got a long way to go


I got a lot left to say
To the empty seat that stood beside me

through the fray
Through the midnight moon
Saw fit to light my way

Got a lot left to say

But where do I go from here

When I'm lost out on the road
The way's not clear
To find my way back home

I need to hear
The only voice that leads me on
So I can find my way back to you


I had a dream the other night
When everything was still

I thought I saw Suzanna
Comin' down the hill


The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
A tear was in her eye
Says I'm comin' from the south

Suzanna don't you cry

Where do I go from here

When I'm lost out on the road
And the way's not clear
To find my way back home

I need to hear
The only voice that leads me on
So I can find my way back to you


Soon we'll be in New Orleans
Then I'll look around

And when I find Suzanna
I'll fall down on the ground


And if I do not find her
Then I should surely die
And when I'm dead and buried

Suzanna don't you cry