Lyrics - Tobacco Road by Eric Burton

I was born in a filthy dumpmy mother died and my daddy got drunkand they left me here to dieor grow in the middle of
TOBACCO
ROADI grew up in a prefabricated shackwhen
I went to high schoolthey pulled the clothes off my backthe
Lord above knowshow much
I loathe this mean old placecalled
TOBACCO
ROADyes
TOBACCO
ROADlet me tell you now
TOBACCO
ROADtalkin' 'bout a roadyeh
TOBACCO
ROAD
Lord!!talkin' 'bout your road talkin' 'bout my roadtalkin' 'bout
TOBACCO
ROADtalkin' 'bout a road but it's homemm yes it is the only life
I've ever known
I've ever known and the
Lord knowshow 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 joband with the help and grace from above
I'll get myself some money yes
I will
I'll get rich
I knowand then
I'll bring it on back to
TOBACCO
ROADYes
I will
I'll bring dynamite and
I'll bring me a craneand
I'll blow it all up and start all over againand
I'll build up people
I'll make it top yes
I will
I'll be crackin' coalyes
I will
I'll be crackin' coal yes
I willand
I'll keep the nameyes i will and
I'll never forget no
I won't
Ow-
Road road talkin' 'bouta road yeh talkin' 'bout your roadtalkin' 'bout my road talkin' 'bout
TOBACCO
ROADyou know
I'm talkin' about ittellin' 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 dreameverybody 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 uptear 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
ROADfar away far away from you fromaway 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 hearda voice say to me it said "
What do you want?"
I said
I want to change itbecause it's wrong
I want to change itbecause
I believe it could be betternad the voice said to me
What makes you think that you are man enough to change anything?
I thought for awhileand 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 youbaby that you're superior to meand you can help megive me the answer give me some answers!!!
She turned around to meand you know what she saidshe said
I can help youbut there's something
I want from you and it's a giftin 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 skybut
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 darknessbut then
I thought about my friendswho have no eyesight
I thought about the world they live inhow 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 meas
I began to realized that
I understoodwhat 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 lifebut
I'm just a young man with a wife
I have a wife and a babyand if
I die
I know they'll cry so please don't take my lifethen
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 givethen
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 placeto run no place to hide no placeto 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 toesup my legs over my knees over my bellycross my chest the black shadow of deathno place to run no place to hideso
I just laid there and
I died died died!!it's dark there it's still therebut it's gotta be changed yes it hasgotta be changed yes it has opened my eyesonce more
I breath again
I walked again
I was ten timesstronger they gave it back to me
I'm gonna give it back to you lifeis too precious life is preciouslife goes on and on never stopsnever stops no no it just goes onand 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 handyeh hand in hand ah come on people
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Road road talkin' 'bout a roadyeh talkin' 'bout
TOBACCO
ROADTaklin' about
TOBACCO
ROADdirty and a-filthy dirty and a-filthy dirty and a-filthy
TOBACCO
ROAD yeh
TOBACCO
ROADpeople our road yeh
TOBACCO
ROADyeh
TOBACCO
ROAD oh
Lord
TOBACCO
ROAD road talkin''bout a road talkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout a roadtalkin' 'bout my---------- roadtalkin' 'bout a road talkin' 'bout a roadtalkin' 'bout it talkin' 'bout ittalkin' 'bout a road.talkin' 'bout a road
TOBACCO
ROAD.
TOBACCO
ROADTOBACCO
ROAD----------
TOBACCO
ROAD----------can't stop can't stop can't stop menever stop me talkin' 'bout a road
I'm goin' home
Lord goin' home nowgoin' home goin' home goin' home

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