i got no reason to stay, and nowhere to go my gal she dont want me around
i aint got the cash to get on a bus cause if i did i’d be leaving this town
but theres one thing for sure i aint gonna worry no more

Ive done more distance than most folks have
Lookin for a job in this town
and everytime I think, Something comes up,
I find it always turns me down

well i’ll pack up my grip and say my so longs then i’ll head straight out the door
i’ll either find me something, or nothing at all but i aint gonna worry no more

well i done more distance than most folks have looking for a job in this town
every time i think that somethings come up i only find they turned me down

so i’ll pack up my grip and say my so long then i’ll head straight out the door
i’ll either find me something, or nothing at all but i aint gonna worry no more

Temptation temptation why you wanna mess with me
Yeah temptation temptation why you wanna mess with me
Cause you all about nothing, hard times, and misery

Friday evening, locked up in the county jail (down in atlanta)
Friday evening, locked up in the county jail
Well i had to call my good gal cause noones gonna throw my bail

Monday morning heartaches and full of pain
YeahMonday morning heartaches and full of pain
Well i been thinking about the future listening to the driving rain

Lord Temptation temptation why you wanna mess with me
Yeah temptation temptation why you wanna mess with me
Cause you all about nothing, hard times, and misery

Its after two and it just started to rain
The wind is blowin like an old freight train
A distant thunder stirs me from my bed
And all those longin memories
That I once thought were dead.

Chorus:
Cold Lonesome Wind
Take me back home
Back to the coun-try where I belong
Help me relive those days again
Take me back home
Cold Lonesome Wind.

My dad made sure we never missed a meal
He worked those hours long and hard
To keep up on the bills
My mother she meant everything to him
An its nights like this that really start me
Missin both of them.

Chorus:

Chorus:

The years have passed and weve all moved away
In spite of everything thats gone were all doin okay
But on certain lonesome stormy nights
I can still be found
Searchin through the memories of that little oil town.

Chorus:

Take me back home
Cold Lonesome Wind.

Well, I caught you with him on those damn, slick, sticky satin sheets
Then I packed my things and then I hit the streets
87 southbound to San Antone
Youve got your baby, I got got no home
The pavements burning down at 102
I dont need to hear no more excuses that I dont need you

Lord, the sun keeps beating me down
And its hotter than hell
And if Im lucky Ill catch a ride but you can never tell
Id rather be here with the bugs and flies than back there hearing your alibis
I heard all that Im gonna hear you say
Im gonna take my pride and go the other way

87 southbound to San Antone
Its getting late out, Im 40 miles from home
The rain keeps falling like the tears in my eyes
Im just trying to wash away all the hurt from all your lies

Lightning streaks across the evening sky
And if Im lucky Ill make it big or lay right down and die.
I know when the morning comes Ill still be a walking son of a gun
And afternoon comes rolling around
Ill have ten more miles and one more town

87 southbound to San Antone
Youve got your baby, Ive got no home
The pavements burning at 92
I dont need to hear no more excuses and I dont love you.
I dont need to hear no more excuses and I dont love you.

i’m gonna lay my troubles by my side,
i’m gonna lay my worries back and ride
when you hear the folks a playing
theres no point in feeling down
brother music, sister rhythms back in town
brother music, sister rhythms back in town

It’s stormy tonight, the rains coming down
Theres no place for me to go to
My gal said goodbye, alone am I
With the freight line blues

My clothes are all wet as I crouch in the cold
Waitin by the santa fe line
My prides all but gone, my hearts torn in two
From the woman who left me behind

Chorus:
The raindrops keep fallin and so do my tears
Without her what will I do
All alone on these rails with no train in sight
With the freight line blues

Solo

Chorus

living up and down this highway. everything just falls right in line
aint got no worries to hang around this heart of mine
and when the sun go to settin, the day has come and gone and i say
yeah brother drive on
today we’re gonna pull 15 long hours yeah brother drive on
aint stopping for nothing but cigarettes gas and coffee yeah brother drive on
and when i get to phoenix i lay my body down it’s only 10 more hours to that california town

night time out on this highway, the only lights we see is ours
theres a million wishes chasing after a thousand shootin stars
yeah there aint a nickle in it, but right heres where i belong and we say
yeah brother drive on

today we’re gonna pull 14 long hours, yeah brother drive on
aint stopping for nothing but cigarettes, gas, and coffee, yeah brother drive on
and when i get to flagstaff, i lay my body down, it’s only 8 more hours to that california town

oh yeah
oh come on play it on out there
sailing the concrete seas

yeah brother drive on
yeah brother drive on
yeah brother drive on
yeah brother drive on
tell me now,

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