One Dollar

Down and out in Birmingham
There's no one here that gives a damn
I'm out of work and all my money's gone
Standing in a drowning rain
Just wishing for a watch and chain
That I could pawn to buy a ticket home

But you can't ride the Greyhound on a one dollar bill
Driver, won't you let me ride for free?
If wishes was horses then beggars would ride
I'd be travelin' back to where I wanna be

Rent is due, my bills are too
My guitar's pawned, my woman's gone
I see your face in every whiskey bar
Between the fever and the chills
I dream of those Kentucky hills
And Mama's old gray head among the stars

But you can't ride the Greyhound on a one dollar bill
Driver, won't you let me ride for free?
If wishes was horses then beggars would ride
I'd be travelin' back to where I wanna be

If I just had a lousy buck
For every time I've tried my luck
I'd be the richest man in this whole town
Like bubbles in a coffee cup
There ain't no way to go but up
But every way I turn, they turn me down

But you can't ride the Greyhound on a one dollar bill
Driver, won't you let me ride for free?
If wishes was horses then beggars would ride
I'd be travelin' back to where I wanna be

But you can't ride the Greyhound on a one dollar bill
Driver, won't you let me ride for free?
If wishes was horses then beggars would ride
I'd be travelin' back to where I wanna be

But you can't ride the Greyhound on a one dollar bill