I'm Sailin

[Verse 1]

I'm sailin', sailin'

Place I've never seen

That's way down south

Sweet ol' New Orleans

'Cause my hometown friend treats me awful mean

[Verse 2]

If I could holler, yeah, holler

If I could scream and cry

It hurts me so

When I look up in the sky

'Cause my friends turn their heads

As they pass me by

[Verse 3]

Now it's rainin', it's rainin'

The wind's blowin' cold

Lord, I thought I heard

My train whistle blow

Now I'm gonna sail so far

'Til I won't be back no more

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

Pardon me, pardon me

It's so hard to stand

I ain't got no money

Uncle Sam has called my man

Now there's not a soul

To give me a helpin' hand