| You know I went home last night | 
| Sat down on my bed and cried | 
| I went home, I went home last night, Sonny | 
| Sat down on my bed and cried | 
| Yeah, you know I was thinkin' about my little woman | 
| And at the time poor lightnin' couldn’t be satisfied | 
| Lord, have mercy | 
| You know the nightmares got on me | 
| Whoa, they rode me all night long | 
| You know the nightmares jumped on poor lightnin' | 
| Ooh Lord, it rode me all night long | 
| And I woke up not findin' nothin' but a dream | 
| That’s why I’m singin' this lonesome song | 
| I don’t care when you go little woman | 
| I don’t care how long you stay | 
| I don’t care when you go little woman | 
| I don’t care how long you stay | 
| Yeah, you know them old good kind treatments | 
| They bring a woman back home one day | 
| Don’t worry about it, just call her one time | 
| Katie Mae, whoa, Katie Mae | 
| Katie Mae, whoa, Katie Mae | 
| Katie Mae, whoa, Katie Mae, now, don’t you | 
| I know you hear me even if you don’t answer | 
| I’m just prayin' to me good Lord up in Heaven | 
| Katie Mae will come back home to me someday | 
| Play it a while, ooh Lord |