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I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA
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CALIFORNIA ON MY E ND
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I BOARDED THAT GD YHOUND,
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RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE
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STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL
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WE NEVER WAS A E NUTE A TE
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WE WED  NINTY E LES OUT OF ATA NTA BY SUNC WN
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ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE
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WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE
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HALFWAY ACROSS AABAM 
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AND THAT BOW BROKE C WN
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AND LEFT US STRANDED IN C WNTOWN BIRE NGHAM
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RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET
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GOT ACROSS E SB SB PPI CLEAN
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AND I WAS ON THAT ED NIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRE NGHAM
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SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS
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SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUIBA NA
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HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN

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THED  AD  PEOPLE THED  WHO CAD  A LITTLE 'BOUT ME
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AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY C WN
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GEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A B LK SUIT
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AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND
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AND WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE
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ON A JET TO THE PROE SED A ND
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WORKIN' ON A T-BONE AA  CARTEE
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FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE
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WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN E NUTES
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HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERE NAL GATE
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SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME C WN EASY
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TAXI TO THE TERE NAL C OR
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CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS
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AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE
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LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA
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TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE
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TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME

IT'S THE PROE SED A ND CALLIN'
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AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE