Road to Cairo

                                  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 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?

No special reason

Look up some folks I used to know



Me I travel some

Have my share of fun

Now that's a life a man can live

Sure I've played and lost

But who minds the cost

You got to take more than you give



Hey you got another cigar?

Son I sure like this car

Oh from your daddy as a gift

Say on second thought

There's gifts I haven't bought

Just drop me here

Thanks for the lift



Yes I've traveled some

Yes I've been a bum

Never have a dime for gin

Left to make my way

Told her I can't stay

To see my children poor as sin



I know this road

It leads straight into Cairo

Twenty-two miles straight ahead

I can't walk down this road to Cairo

They're better thinking I'm dead



I been traveling

Gone a long long time

Don't know what I'd find

Scared of what I'd find

I can't I just can't walk down this road