Titel: TOBACCO ROAD Interpret: ERIC BURDON ----------------------------------------------------------------- I was born in a filthy dump my mother died and my daddy got drunk and they left me here to die or grow in the middle of TOBACCO ROAD I grew up in a prefabricated shack when I went to high school they pulled the clothes off my back the Lord above knows how much I loathe this mean old place called TOBACCO ROAD yes TOBACCO ROAD let me tell you now TOBACCO ROAD talkin' 'bout a road yeh TOBACCO ROAD Lord!! talkin' 'bout your road talkin' 'bout my road talkin' 'bout TOBACCO ROAD talkin' 'bout a road but it's home mm yes it is the only life I've ever known I've ever known and the Lord knows how much I loathe TOBACCO ROAD (road road road) talkin' 'bout your road (road road road) talkin' 'bout my road (road road road) you know baby it's my home yeh (road road road) sister it's dirty and a-filthy (road road road) it's crawlin' with rats and stinkin' of mice (road road road) but it's home yes it is and I'm goin` (road road road) (road road road) I'm gonna leave and get me a job and with the help and grace from above I'll get myself some money yes I will I'll get rich I know and then I'll bring it on back to TOBACCO ROAD Yes I will I'll bring dynamite and I'll bring me a crane and I'll blow it all up and start all over again and I'll build up people I'll make it top yes I will I'll be crackin' coal yes I will I'll be crackin' coal yes I will and I'll keep the name yes i will and I'll never forget no I won't Ow- Road road talkin' 'bout a road yeh talkin' 'bout your road talkin' 'bout my road talkin' 'bout TOBACCO ROAD you know I'm talkin' about it tellin' you about it Talkin' about it It's gotta be changed It's gotta be changed I've got to change it I have a dream everybody has a dream I have a dream that I can change it I have a dream that I can make it good once more I have a dream it's mine it's yours and yours Let me tell you 'bout my dream Let me tell you 'bout my dream We gotta to get it out we have to build it up tear it down build it up I had a dream one night I had a dream one night I was taken to a place far away from TOBACCO ROAD far away far away from you from away from myself I had a dream I had a dream in my head I saw something it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life I spoke out loud I said You know you are the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life I heard a voice tell me i heard a voice say to me it said "What do you want?" I said I want to change it because it's wrong I want to change it because I believe it could be better nad the voice said to me, "What makes you think that you are man enough to change anything?" I thought for awhile and then I spoke out loud and I said to it I said, "Because I am a man and I'm a part of the things that are wrong!!! And if this world is goin' to go on I gonna have to put it right!!!" and I know just by lookin' at you baby that you're superior to me and you can help me give me the answer give me some answers!!! She turned around to me and you know what she said, she said I can help you but there's something I want from you and it's a gift in turn for the information I can give I want a gift from you I want a gift from you!!! I tried my very best to look up to the sky but I realized I had no eyes I was blind totally blind!!! I begin to get afraid afraid of the dark I was afraid afraid in the darkness but then I thought about my friends who have no eyesight I thought about the world they live in how much it's nice there how good it made me feel In was not afraid I was not afraid anymore I spoke up louder!!! I said listen "You've got my eyesight there isn't much more I can give!!!" "Now tell me how can I change it? " The voice said back "oh yes there is I want something more than your eyesight!" I thought for awhile I thought what more could she want than my eyes? Then the terrible feeling crept over me as I began to realized that I understood what she was a-talkin' about I screamed out loud I said I'm not gonna give up my life I'd love to give you my life but I'm just a young man with a wife I have a wife and a baby and if I die I know they'll cry so please don't take my life then I heard my wie say "It's allright baby I understand go ahead and do your thing!" there was nowhere I could run I heard my father say, I understand son go ahead and give it it is yours to give then I heard my mother say the same thing She said "Go ahead and give it away I gave to you and now it's time to give it to someone else!!" I was lost I was lost no place to run no place to hide no place to run no place to hide I felt it I knew it I could sense it I could feel it creeping up from the tips of my toes up my legs over my knees over my belly cross my chest the black shadow of death no place to run no place to hide so I just laid there and I died died died!! it's dark there it's still there but it's gotta be changed yes it has gotta be changed yes it has opened my eyes once more I breath again I walked again I was ten times stronger they gave it back to me I'm gonna give it back to you life is too precious life is precious life goes on and on never stops never stops no no it just goes on and on and on and on and on I've got to change that road I gotta build me a new road We can walk that road together hand in hand yeh hand in hand ah come on people OW________ Road road talkin' 'bout a road yeh talkin' 'bout TOBACCO ROAD Taklin' about TOBACCO ROAD dirty and a-filthy dirty and a-filthy dirty and a-filthy TOBACCO ROAD yeh TOBACCO ROAD people our road yeh TOBACCO ROAD yeh TOBACCO ROAD oh Lord TOBACCO ROAD road talkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout my---------- road talkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout it talkin' 'bout it talkin' 'bout a road.talkin' 'bout a road TOBACCO ROAD.TOBACCO ROAD TOBACCO ROAD----------TOBACCO ROAD---------- can't stop can't stop can't stop me never stop me talkin' 'bout a road I'm goin' home Lord goin' home now goin' home goin' home goin' home
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