🎵 Love In Vain (Take 1) // by Robert Johnson

12 Contributors Love In Vain (Take 1) Lyrics This song is significant in Johnson’s catalogue since it is one of the few where the narrator makes no attempts to rectify a problem or a threatens to make a problem worse. The narrator ostensibly just… Read More  [Verse 1] And I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand And I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell When all your love's in vain All my love's in vain [Verse 2] When the train rolled up to the station I looked her in the eye When the train rolled up to the station And I looked her in the eye Well, I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome And I could not help but cry All my love's in vain [Verse 3] When the train, it left the station With two lights on behind When the train, it left the station With two lights on behind Well, the blue light was my blues And the red light was my mind All my love's in vain [Outro] Ee-hee, ooh Woo, Willie Mae Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, hey Woo, Willie Mae Ooh, woo-wee, oh-woah All my love's in vain