Tobacco Road

I was born in a trunk

Mama died and my daddy got drunk

Left me here to die alone

I was born in a trunk

Mama died and my daddy got drunk

Left me here to die alone

in the middle of Tobacco Road

Growin' up rusty shack

all I had was hangin' on my back

Only you know how I loathe

this place called Tobacco Road

But it's home, the only life I ever known

Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road

Gonna leave, get a job

with the help and the grace from above

Save some money, get rich and old

bring it back to Tobacco Road

But it's home, the only life I ever known

Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road

Bring that dynamite and a crane

blow it up, start all over again

Build a town, be proud to show

Gives the name Tobacco Road