Nobody knows the answer as far as I can see

As to why there is so much trouble here for me

But she hides in the darkest of places

And that's where I'm often seen

But why is there so much trouble here for me

Cuz there's trouble when I close my eyes

There's trouble when I go outside

There's trouble everywhere I go

It's gonna get me anyday I know

It's hard bein free

So trouble trouble trouble won't you leave

And what do I tell the preacher

And what do I tell my friends

Next time that trouble takes me down again

I could run to my lovin sister

Or I could go to bed & dream

But most of the time this trouble is findin me

Cuz there's trouble when I close my eyes

There's trouble when I go outside

And there's trouble everywhere I go

It's gonna get me anyday I know

It's hard bein free

So trouble trouble trouble won't you leave

I guess that it ain't so bad

Doin things the way that I do

Cuz when the night rolls around

All that's left is me and you

And you're there every time that I need you

And you're there every time that I don't

I could ask you to politely to go

But I know you won't

Cuz there's trouble when I close my eyes

There's trouble when I go outside

And there's trouble everywhere I go

It's gonna get me anyday I know

There's trouble gonna bring me down

It's gonna put me in the underground

It's so hard bein free

So trouble trouble trouble won't you leave

So trouble trouble trouble won't you leave