Rock Island Rocket

I'm flying home on this rock island rocket
In a fine Pullman car
Got 100 dollar bills in my pocket, baby
I've been working hard
Working so hard

Loading ships in New Orleans
Shining shoes in Lafayette
Pumping gas in Pensacola
Working any job I could get
Hauling trash in Chattanooga
Washing cars in Muscle Shoals
Digging ditches in Tuscaloosa
Anything to keep from mining coal

I'm flying home on this rock island rocket
In a fine Pullman car
Got 100 dollar bills in my pocket, baby
Been working so hard
Working so hard

14 weeks near Douglas, Georgia
Slashing pines for turpentine
Swept the streets of Tallahassee, Florida
Taking all the work I could find
'Cause I told you before I left Virginia
I wouldn't do what my daddy done
Live my whole life underground
And never see the sun

I've been trolling for shrimps in Savannah
Pink porches in St. Augustine
Cooking grub on a boat to Havana
Wildest town I ever seen

But I'm finally flying home on this rock island rocket
In a first class Pullman car
With 100 dollar bills in my pocket, baby
'Cause I've been working so hard
Working so hard