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I left my home in Norfolk Virginia |
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California on my mind |
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Straddled that Greyhound |
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Rode him past Raleigh |
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On across Caroline |
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Stopped in Charlotte |
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And bypassed Rock Hill |
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And we never was a minute late |
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We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown |
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Rollin' 'cross the Georgia state |
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We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle |
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Half way 'cross Alabam |
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And that 'hound broke down |
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And left us all stranded |
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In downtown Birmingham |
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Run away I bought me a through train ticket |
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Ridin' cross Mississippi clean |
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And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham |
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Smoking into New Orleans |
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana |
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Just help me get to Houston town |
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There's people there who care a little 'bout me |
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And they won't let the poor boy down |
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Sure as you're born |
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They bought me a silk suit |
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Put luggage in my hands |
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And I woke up high over Albuquerque |
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On a jet to the promised land |
