Oh gonna take a trip this eveningGonna go way back homeGonna look at your past this eveningListen to me, the slaves talkin, talkin aboutEarly in the morningAnd it’s just before dawnPretty soonGotta put my old cotton sack on, talkin aboutI’ve been workingAll day longSo I sit downWrote myself a songAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t noSun is shiningPretty hard down on my black skinNoon day sunWears a man’s patience thinI gotta understandThat I’m not alnoeGotta be tough, y’allAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t noEvening is fallin, yeahAnd comes soon end of the day, yeahOne more time evening is fallinAnd pretty soon I’ll haveYou don’t have to be strongTo break the spirit in manThat’s when you say you notDoin the best you canYou hear somebody over in the cornerWho can’t get it togetherYou hear the weak one try cryin out like aGimme water when I’m thirstyAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no harm to moanAin’t no