Charley Pride - On The Southbound lyrics
[Charley Pride - On The Southbound lyrics]
When the cold Chicago wind
Blew my newspaper blanket off my back
Through my dirty broken window the
Grey sun filtered in as I dreamed about the
Southbound railroad track
I could almost hear the crickets
In a sleepy cottonfield
As daddy drove our vagon to Virgin
But today I'd give a fortune for
A twenty five cent meal
And I wish I was a country boy again
So let me ride on the Southbound
Back to where I came from I
Don't care or where I am
So let me ride on the Southbound and
Put me off somewhere near Birmingham
What happened to my vision of
A mansion on a hill
And the fame and fortune I came here to win
I've got nothing but the roaches
Running cross my window sill
And I wish I was a country boy again
So let me ride