Big Town

I woke up this mornin'

Had the blues for big town

Yes, woke up this mornin'

I had the blues for big town

I'm tired of the country

Tired of all the people in the town

I packed my old suitcase

Told my family goodbye

Yes, packed my suitcase

Told my family goodbye

And my poor little wife

She broke down, she began to cry

She said, "Big fine daddy

Please don't start runnin' wild"

"Oh, don't leave me daddy

Please don't start runnin' wild

And leave me all alone

Remember I'm the mother of your child"

Well, I hit the highway

Yes, I hit that dusty trail

Yes, took the lonesome highway

Yes, I hit that dusty trail

I'm goin' to big town

And I know, know I'll never pay

I met a hep gal in big town

Boy, we really had a time

Yes, met a hep gal in big town

Boy, we really had a time

Now she's gone and left me

Didn't even leave a single dime

She spent all my money

Now she don't want my kind of jive

Ooh, spent all my money

Now she don't want my kind of jive

She said, "I meet your kind

Every day, in every hole, and every dive"

I begged for a nickel

Put it in my telephone

Yes, begged for a nickel

Put it in my telephone

Got to call my baby

Beg her please let me come back home