On The Road Again:Canned Heat.
#8 in UK and #16 in USA in 1968.
INTRO: (x3) + (Harmonica.)
#1.
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
I ain't got no woman, just to call, my special friend.
#2.
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
I didn't have no payroll..not even no place to go.
#3.
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
when I was quite young.
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
when I was quite young.
She said, 'Lord, have mercy, on my wicked son.'
(Harmonica break.)
#4.
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
don't you cry no more.
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
Don't you cry no more.
Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.
#5.
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
All this fussin' and fightin', man, I sure can't stay.
#6.
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by my..self.
I can't carry you, Baby, gonna carry somebody else.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.