Road to Cairo
๐ต 1444 characters
โฑ๏ธ 5:20 duration
๐ ID: 16101695
๐ Lyrics
A fella told me
This here road leads to Cairo
I got to get me a ride
I got to go back
Go back to my children
I got to see my little bride
I've been traveling
Gone a long, long time
Don't know what I'll find
Scared of what I'll find
But I just got to see them again
Hey, thanks for stopping
Are you headed down to Cairo?
I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
Why, to little old Cairo?
Oh, no special reason
Look up some folks I used to know
Me, I travel some
Have my share of fun
Well, you see that's a life that I choose to live
Sure I've played and lost
But who minds the cost?
You got to take much more than you give
Hey, could I try your cigar?
Hmm, I sure like this car
Brought from your daddy as a gift
Say on second thought
There's gifts that I haven't bought
You can drop me here, thanks for the lift
Yes, I've traveled some
Yes, I've been a bum
I've never had a dime for keeps
I left to make my own way
Told him I can't stay
To see my children poor as sin
I know this road, I know this road
It leads straight into Cairo
Over twenty-two miles straight ahead
But I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
They're better thinking I'm dead
They're better thinking that I'm dead
I've been traveling
Gone a long, long time
Don't know what I'd find
Scared of what I'd find
I can't, no I can't walk down this road
I can't walk down this road
No, I can't walk down this road, this road
No, hey, hey, no, no, no
I can't walk down this road
This here road leads to Cairo
I got to get me a ride
I got to go back
Go back to my children
I got to see my little bride
I've been traveling
Gone a long, long time
Don't know what I'll find
Scared of what I'll find
But I just got to see them again
Hey, thanks for stopping
Are you headed down to Cairo?
I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
Why, to little old Cairo?
Oh, no special reason
Look up some folks I used to know
Me, I travel some
Have my share of fun
Well, you see that's a life that I choose to live
Sure I've played and lost
But who minds the cost?
You got to take much more than you give
Hey, could I try your cigar?
Hmm, I sure like this car
Brought from your daddy as a gift
Say on second thought
There's gifts that I haven't bought
You can drop me here, thanks for the lift
Yes, I've traveled some
Yes, I've been a bum
I've never had a dime for keeps
I left to make my own way
Told him I can't stay
To see my children poor as sin
I know this road, I know this road
It leads straight into Cairo
Over twenty-two miles straight ahead
But I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
They're better thinking I'm dead
They're better thinking that I'm dead
I've been traveling
Gone a long, long time
Don't know what I'd find
Scared of what I'd find
I can't, no I can't walk down this road
I can't walk down this road
No, I can't walk down this road, this road
No, hey, hey, no, no, no
I can't walk down this road
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:14.08] A fella told me
[00:17.05] This here road leads to Cairo
[00:22.38] I got to get me a ride
[00:30.85] I got to go back
[00:34.22] Go back to my children
[00:39.22] I got to see my little bride
[00:47.68] I've been traveling
[00:51.78] Gone a long, long time
[00:56.15] Don't know what I'll find
[00:59.17] Scared of what I'll find
[01:03.96] But I just got to see them again
[01:10.88]
[01:13.35] Hey, thanks for stopping
[01:16.81] Are you headed down to Cairo?
[01:22.06] I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
[01:29.61] Why, to little old Cairo?
[01:33.97] Oh, no special reason
[01:39.14] Look up some folks I used to know
[01:45.34]
[01:47.69] Me, I travel some
[01:51.82] Have my share of fun
[01:55.15] Well, you see that's a life that I choose to live
[02:03.52] Sure I've played and lost
[02:07.72] But who minds the cost?
[02:11.76] You got to take much more than you give
[02:18.41]
[02:20.46] Hey, could I try your cigar?
[02:24.65] Hmm, I sure like this car
[02:29.22] Brought from your daddy as a gift
[02:36.38] Say on second thought
[02:40.33] There's gifts that I haven't bought
[02:45.89] You can drop me here, thanks for the lift
[02:57.63] Yes, I've traveled some
[03:01.52] Yes, I've been a bum
[03:05.97] I've never had a dime for keeps
[03:13.69] I left to make my own way
[03:17.50] Told him I can't stay
[03:21.82] To see my children poor as sin
[03:30.22] I know this road, I know this road
[03:33.83] It leads straight into Cairo
[03:38.50] Over twenty-two miles straight ahead
[03:43.89]
[03:46.09] But I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
[03:55.46] They're better thinking I'm dead
[04:01.77] They're better thinking that I'm dead
[04:04.82]
[04:07.25] I've been traveling
[04:10.61] Gone a long, long time
[04:15.67] Don't know what I'd find
[04:19.11] Scared of what I'd find
[04:22.83] I can't, no I can't walk down this road
[04:28.13]
[04:35.64] I can't walk down this road
[04:39.04] No, I can't walk down this road, this road
[04:43.61] No, hey, hey, no, no, no
[04:46.27]
[04:50.16] I can't walk down this road
[04:55.48]
[00:17.05] This here road leads to Cairo
[00:22.38] I got to get me a ride
[00:30.85] I got to go back
[00:34.22] Go back to my children
[00:39.22] I got to see my little bride
[00:47.68] I've been traveling
[00:51.78] Gone a long, long time
[00:56.15] Don't know what I'll find
[00:59.17] Scared of what I'll find
[01:03.96] But I just got to see them again
[01:10.88]
[01:13.35] Hey, thanks for stopping
[01:16.81] Are you headed down to Cairo?
[01:22.06] I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
[01:29.61] Why, to little old Cairo?
[01:33.97] Oh, no special reason
[01:39.14] Look up some folks I used to know
[01:45.34]
[01:47.69] Me, I travel some
[01:51.82] Have my share of fun
[01:55.15] Well, you see that's a life that I choose to live
[02:03.52] Sure I've played and lost
[02:07.72] But who minds the cost?
[02:11.76] You got to take much more than you give
[02:18.41]
[02:20.46] Hey, could I try your cigar?
[02:24.65] Hmm, I sure like this car
[02:29.22] Brought from your daddy as a gift
[02:36.38] Say on second thought
[02:40.33] There's gifts that I haven't bought
[02:45.89] You can drop me here, thanks for the lift
[02:57.63] Yes, I've traveled some
[03:01.52] Yes, I've been a bum
[03:05.97] I've never had a dime for keeps
[03:13.69] I left to make my own way
[03:17.50] Told him I can't stay
[03:21.82] To see my children poor as sin
[03:30.22] I know this road, I know this road
[03:33.83] It leads straight into Cairo
[03:38.50] Over twenty-two miles straight ahead
[03:43.89]
[03:46.09] But I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
[03:55.46] They're better thinking I'm dead
[04:01.77] They're better thinking that I'm dead
[04:04.82]
[04:07.25] I've been traveling
[04:10.61] Gone a long, long time
[04:15.67] Don't know what I'd find
[04:19.11] Scared of what I'd find
[04:22.83] I can't, no I can't walk down this road
[04:28.13]
[04:35.64] I can't walk down this road
[04:39.04] No, I can't walk down this road, this road
[04:43.61] No, hey, hey, no, no, no
[04:46.27]
[04:50.16] I can't walk down this road
[04:55.48]