I left New York in 1949
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To go across the country without a bad blame dime
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Montana in the cold cold fall
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Found my father in the gambling hall
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Father, Father where you been?
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I've been out in the world and I'm only ten
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Father, Father where you been?
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I've been out in the world and I'm only ten
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Don't worry about me if I should die of pleurisy
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Across to Mississippi, across to Tennessee
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Across the Niagara, home I'll never be
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Home in ol' Medora, home in Ol' Truckee
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Apalachicola, home I'll never be
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Better or for worse, thick and thin
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Like being married to the Little poor man
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God he loves me (God he loves me)
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Just like I love him (just like I love him)
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I want you to do (I want you to do)
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Just the same for him (just the same for him, yeah)
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Well the worms eat away but don't worry watch the wind
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So I left Monatana on an old freight train (on an old freight train)
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The night my father died in the cold cold rain (in the cold cold rain)
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Road to Opelousas, road to Wounded Knee
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Road to Ogallala home I'll never be
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Road to Oklahoma, road to El Cahon
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Road to Tahachapi, road to San Antone
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Hey, hey
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Road to Opelousas, road to Wounded Knee
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Road to Ogallala, home I'll never be
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Road to Oklahoma, road to El Cahon
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Road to Tahachapi, road to San Antone
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Home I'll never be, home I'll never be
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Home I'll never be, home I'll never be
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Home I'll never be, home I'll never be
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On The Road
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Tom Waits |