[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well a town s a town when you re upside down,
Lay your bones on a bed, it s that easy
To have a kind of home
Where the money goes I know too well
Spreads out like the jobs I ve worked so many
Hard days don t seem to end
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Well I m wasting time, wasting time
And I only know one way to go to start again
Let it roll, let it roll
Down the banks of the Ohio
When you can t rely on what you make
To pay the rent on time
So I m goin away,
Down to the fortifio (?)
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
I m gonna stay
[Fiddle break]
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[Verse 2]
Now what do you say when the bottom falls out,
Try to make amends with anybody
That ever caused you pain
It s no fault of mine that it should end this way
And I wont apologize to anybody
For a thing that I can t change
[Pre-Chorus 2]
See I m used to bein alone, used to bein alone,
See it s the only way that I know how to get to where I m goin ,
[Chorus]
Let it roll, let it roll
Down the banks of the Ohio
When you can t rely on what you make
To pay the rent on time
So I m goin away,
Down to the fortifio (?)
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
I m gonna stay
[Fiddle break]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Woah Cairo, you build your levies tall,
I want to sit beside the water
And forget about it all.
[Chorus]
Let it roll, let it roll
Down the banks of the Ohio
When you can t rely on what you make
To pay the rent on time
So I m goin away,
Down to the fortifio (?)
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
I m gonna stay
[Fiddle outro]
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