On The Road Again

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Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
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on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
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Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
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on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
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I ain't got no woman, just to call, my special friend.


[Verse 2]

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You know the first time I traveled out, in the
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rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
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You know the first time I traveled out, in the
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rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
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I didn't have no payroll..not even no place to go.


[Verse 3]

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And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
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when I was quite young.
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And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
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when I was quite young.
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She said, 'Lord, have mercy, on my wicked son.'

(Harmonica break.)


[Verse 4]

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Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
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don't you cry no more.
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Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
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Don't you cry no more.
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Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.


[Verse 5]

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And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
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And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
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All this fussin' and fightin', man, I sure can't stay.


[Verse 6]

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But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
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But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
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I can't carry you, Baby, gonna carry somebody else.