I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home
I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home
What the others do, the world can't do me no harm

I'm a poor boy, a long way from home
Babe I can't stay here long, babe I can't stay here long
What the others do, the world can't do me no harm

I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home
Well, my baby's dead and gone
Well, my baby's dead and gone

Well, well, well, well I'm a long way from home
I'm a poor boy, I'm a long way from home
And the world can't do me no harm
And the world can't do me no harm

Oh, no no no no, I'm a long way from home
World can't do me no harm
World can't do me no harm
World can't do me no harm

Old blues number, recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1957. Other versions exist which pre-date this one.