Doc Watson — Southbound

[Verse 1] I've been here a month or more, stuck in this old city People that have to call it home, they're the ones I pity Lord, I'm homesick Blues are the only songs I ever seem to pick I get out and walk the street 'til I get blisters on my feet I'm southbound [Verse 2] I'm all right 'til late at night, I'm sitting by my window I count sheep but I can't sleep for listening to that train blow I begin to pine When I hear that great big old engine rolling down the line I'm going back and spending some time where I can have fun when I ain't got a dime I'm southbound [Verse 3] Southbound, she's a burnin' the ground and I don't mean maybe Sure am glad I caught this train, I wanna see my baby Lord, I'm lonesome Long to see those hills that I come from Listen to the engine rattle and roar, taking me back home once more I'm southbound