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BUS FARE TO KENTUCKY - Skeeter Davis
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INTRO
I know I m just a country girl I hadn t seen much of the world
Today my bus pulled out of old Kentucky
My daddy waved and mama cried and I felt all choked up inside
Cause I was leavin everyone that loved me.
The first I saw of city ways went against how I was raised
This country girl was really out of place
And I was set to go back home but I was broke and all alone
And I couldn t find another friendly face.
But I didn t have the bus fare to Kentucky
Or this city would have seen the last of me
I didn t have the bus fare to Kentucky
And that old Grey Dog won t let me ride for free.
I met a boy from Tennessee and I guess he reminded me
Of someone that I knew in old Kentucky
It was good to have a friend and it was good to laugh with him
And it was good to hear him say he loved me.
I never thought he d do me wrong so I gladly went along
I loved him more than any man I ve known
And after he had all his fun he told me that our love was done
And then he left this country girl alone.
But I didn t have the bus fare to Kentucky
Or this city would have seen the last of me
I didn t have the bus fare to Kentucky
And that old Grey Dog won t let me ride for free.
I can t afford to go first class so I ll make it the best I can
Anything to get my feet on that good Kentucky land
My thumb is in the air and my suitcase by my side
Won t somebody give this poor old country girl a ride.
Kentucky I m a comin home I ll never leave you anymore
Kentucky I don t know why I ever strayed
Kentucky your bluegrass bridges and your valleys call to me
Kentucky I m comin home to stay
Kentucky I m a comin home I ll never leave you anymore...