Oh, worries are about and heavy on his gut   He feels he's being punished for the bad things that he's done   Help him, Jesus, help him, send him down a sign   'Cause he feels he is getting old before his time      And he is sitting at the table, the table he have set   He is begging for the courage to redeem some self respect   Help him Jesus, help him, walk along the line   'Cause he feels he is getting old before his time      He says it takes a worried man to sing a worried song   It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   He is worried now but he won't be worried long      He broke her heart on a warm and sunny day   Oh, he broke her heart on a warm and sunny day   When she heard what he had to say all that sun soon went away   He broke her heart on a cold and windy day      He says it takes a worried man to sing a worried song   It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   He is worried now but he won't be worried long      And so he moves towards his sweet redeeming light   Shadows cast but none obscure his sight   And they wonder where he is going while he is knelt before her throat   Refusing to go down without a fight      He says it takes a worried man to sing a worried song   It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   That he is worried now but he won't be worried long