Road to Cairo
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โฑ๏ธ 5:17 duration
๐ ID: 20627375
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
[00:00.33] A fella told me
[00:17.38] This here road leads to Cairo
[00:20.85] I got to get me a ride
[00:31.93] I got to go back
[00:34.57] Go back to my children
[00:37.98] I got to see my little bride
[00:49.35] I've been traveling
[00:52.16] Gone a long, long time
[00:56.46] Don't know what I'll find
[00:59.45] Scared of what I'll find
[01:04.26] But I just got to see them again
[01:11.18]
[01:13.82] Hey, thanks for stopping
[01:17.19] Are you headed down to Cairo?
[01:22.23] I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
[01:30.05] Why, to little old Cairo?
[01:33.54] Oh, no special reason
[01:39.48] Look up some folks I used to know
[01:45.68]
[01:47.83] Me, I travel some
[01:51.92] Have my share of fun
[01:55.34] Well, you see that's a life that I choose to live
[02:03.70] Sure I've played and lost
[02:08.08] But who minds the cost?
[02:11.87] You got to take much more than you give
[02:18.52]
[02:20.82] Hey, could I try your cigar?
[02:25.84] Hmm, I sure like this car
[02:29.52] Brought from your daddy as a gift
[02:36.61] Say on second thought
[02:40.89] There's gifts that I haven't bought
[02:46.11] You can drop me here, thanks for the lift
[02:58.13] Yes, I've traveled some
[03:01.87] Yes, I've been a bum
[03:06.15] I've never had a dime for keeps
[03:13.92] I left to make my own way
[03:17.82] Told him I can't stay
[03:22.08] To see my children poor as sin
[03:30.69] I know this road, I know this road
[03:34.20] It leads straight into Cairo
[03:38.93] Over twenty-two miles straight ahead
[03:44.32]
[03:46.46] But I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
[03:55.66] They're better thinking I'm dead
[03:58.49] They're better thinking that I'm dead
[03:59.42] I've been traveling
[04:10.88] Gone a long, long time
[04:13.98] Don't know what I'd find
[04:15.06] Scared of what I'd find
[04:19.73] I can't, no I can't walk down this road
[04:23.23] I can't walk down this road
[04:24.64] No, I can't walk down this road, this road
[04:40.67] No, hey, hey, no, no, no
[04:41.36] I can't walk down this road
[04:55.85]
[00:17.38] This here road leads to Cairo
[00:20.85] I got to get me a ride
[00:31.93] I got to go back
[00:34.57] Go back to my children
[00:37.98] I got to see my little bride
[00:49.35] I've been traveling
[00:52.16] Gone a long, long time
[00:56.46] Don't know what I'll find
[00:59.45] Scared of what I'll find
[01:04.26] But I just got to see them again
[01:11.18]
[01:13.82] Hey, thanks for stopping
[01:17.19] Are you headed down to Cairo?
[01:22.23] I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
[01:30.05] Why, to little old Cairo?
[01:33.54] Oh, no special reason
[01:39.48] Look up some folks I used to know
[01:45.68]
[01:47.83] Me, I travel some
[01:51.92] Have my share of fun
[01:55.34] Well, you see that's a life that I choose to live
[02:03.70] Sure I've played and lost
[02:08.08] But who minds the cost?
[02:11.87] You got to take much more than you give
[02:18.52]
[02:20.82] Hey, could I try your cigar?
[02:25.84] Hmm, I sure like this car
[02:29.52] Brought from your daddy as a gift
[02:36.61] Say on second thought
[02:40.89] There's gifts that I haven't bought
[02:46.11] You can drop me here, thanks for the lift
[02:58.13] Yes, I've traveled some
[03:01.87] Yes, I've been a bum
[03:06.15] I've never had a dime for keeps
[03:13.92] I left to make my own way
[03:17.82] Told him I can't stay
[03:22.08] To see my children poor as sin
[03:30.69] I know this road, I know this road
[03:34.20] It leads straight into Cairo
[03:38.93] Over twenty-two miles straight ahead
[03:44.32]
[03:46.46] But I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo
[03:55.66] They're better thinking I'm dead
[03:58.49] They're better thinking that I'm dead
[03:59.42] I've been traveling
[04:10.88] Gone a long, long time
[04:13.98] Don't know what I'd find
[04:15.06] Scared of what I'd find
[04:19.73] I can't, no I can't walk down this road
[04:23.23] I can't walk down this road
[04:24.64] No, I can't walk down this road, this road
[04:40.67] No, hey, hey, no, no, no
[04:41.36] I can't walk down this road
[04:55.85]