One Way Ticket Home
Phil Ochs
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Em A D I'd like a one-way ticket home,G ticket homeEm A D Where I can watch television,D talk on the telephoneEm A But every town I wander there's aD billboard on a throneA7 Ticket homeD I want a ticket homeEm A Does anybody know my name, orD G recognize my faceEm A I must have come from somewhere,D G but I can't recall the placeEm A they dropped me at the matinee,D G they left without a traceA7 Ticket homeContinues after the adD I want a ticket homeG Elvis Presley is the king, I wasD at his crowningE My life just flashed before myG A eyes, I must be drowningEm A D Seems like only yesterday IG climbed aboard the planeEm A D Raping distance in the skies, while diving in champagneEm A I would be in exile now, butD everywhere's the sameA7 Ticket homeD I want a ticket homeG Elvis Presley is the king, I wasD at his crowningE My life just flashed before myG A eyes, I must be drowningEm A D Seems like only yesterday IG climbed aboard the planeEm A Raping distance in the sky, whileD G diving in champagneEm A I would be in exile now, butD G everywhere's the sameA7 Ticket homeD I want a ticket home