Down at the railroad station my suitcase settin' by my side. Got no high hopes of leaving I'm just watching the trains go by. Watching the trains go by.
Vincennes Vincennes Vincennes Indiana Vincennes Vincennes Vincennes my hometown. I'm coming back clear the track I'm someone to someone in Vincennes my hometown.
I know they all know that I love her they don't say a word I can tell. The people who live here on Main Street know and respect me too well. Each morning she brings me my coffee thank you good looking I'd say.
In the unemployment line in the unemployment line. I see a butcher and a baker a faker and a quaker and an old girl friend of mine. There's white collars blue collars and no collars too talking bout the bad new times.
(Okay, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do now. I'm gonna tell you about a unicorn.. Now who knows what a unicorn is? Let me tell you about.). . A long time ago when the earth was green.
Inside her feeble mind. She is spinning out of time. Like a hunter who's gone blind, my valentine. . Beside her velvet nest. She humiliates the best. Couldn't take no more I guess of my valentine.
Last Saturday morning I shut off the alarm. Drove out in the valley to old Dan Cook's farm. A sign on the fence post put up with one nail read 10 a.m. sharp for big public sale.
[ Bobby ]. You empty all my pockets you take away my gold. [ Skeeter ]. You strip me of my innocence then leave me in the cold. [ Bobby ] You rob me of my patience [ Skeeter ] and you mess up my mind.
Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow.
My nights have been lonely since I've been in Tulsa County. And I really don't know what I'm gonna do. Guess that I'll just mosey down around that southern border.
This mornin' I jumped on my horse and went out for a ride. Some wild outlaws chased me and they shot me in the side. So I crawled into a wild cat's cave to find a place to hide.
Truck driver truck driver stop your Diamond T. Do you have room inside your rig for a highway bum like me. Hey thank you very much don't suppose you could sorta scoot over a little bit.
[ Both ]. I give to you and you give to me true love true love. On and on it will always be true love true love. [ Bobby ]. For you and I have a guardian angel on high with nothing to do.
Mister I want a room at the top of your hotel. I want to say goodbye to a town I know so well. I want to ride that elevator to the top. I want to say goodbye to the town that broke my heart.
I am a travelin' minstrel man I'll do my best to make you happy if I can. I'll sing my song and move along cause I'm a travelin' minstrel man. . My life is measured by the telephone poles the mileage lines are on my face.
Midnight flights and barroom lights and rollin' for three days and nights. And motel rooms have been my only home. They gave me these sad knowing eyes and old age lines before my time.
[ Both ]. Mhm too used to that certain someone to offer my love to anyone new. My excuse for not wanting no one too used to being with you. [ Skeeter ].
I've been on the road twenty years ten thousand nights and a million beers. But I'm tired of the road Joe it's no fun anymore Joe. I'm savin' my money and I'll be goin' home soon.
Ain't the snow fallin' just a bit deeper these days. Ain't they're building the stairs a bit steeper these days. And the town's really changin' in so many ways it's time time.
Times're gettin' hard boy money's almost gone. Times're gettin' hard boy time to move along. Gonna take my true love by the hand lead her from this town.