Birmingham Blues

[Intro]

('Cause I've got!)

[Verse 1]

Working on the road

Across this great big world

Yeah, I've been rolling like a stone

I never get back home

Yes, I've been long-gone

Boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Verse 2]

I've been across the ocean

To the south sea isles

Yeah, I travelled to the east and west

For miles and miles and miles

And I've been long-gone

Boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Chorus]

Across the world (Across the world)

People and places (People and places)

Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)

But with a different name

[Verse 3]

Oh, I wouldn't change the things

I'd do for anything

But I'd just like to hear the message

Of the streets again

Give me a ticket

'Cause boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Verse 4]

It may be kind of homely

But it sure is sweet

Industrial Revolution

Put it on its feet

But it's a long, long way

Boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Chorus]

Across the world, I've seen (Across the world)

People and places (People and places)

Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)

But with a different name

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]

I'll go and stay a while

And all the folks I meet

They say, "You won't stay long

You got them travelin' feet

You'll soon be long-gone

'Cause boy, you've got the rest of the world blues"

[Chorus]

(Across the world) Across the world, I've seen

(People and places) People and places

(Everywhere I've been) Don't you know it could be the same?

But with a different name

(Across the world)

People and places (People and places)

(Everywhere I've been)

Across the world, I've seen (Across the world)

People and places (People and places)

Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)

But you know, it's got a different name

[Outro]

(Across the world)

(People and places)

(Everywhere I've been)...