Bamboo Road

I wake up in the morning

And I'll work 'till night

My skin has turned brown

From that sun so bright

All night I'm tossing and turning

'Cause my dreams are so strong

And my hands they callous

'Cause my working day's too long



Up on Bamboo Road

Up on Bamboo Road

Yes you're sweeter than a sugar cane

Up on Bamboo Road



We walk out to the cane fields

All thirty-five men

At 12 o'clock they give us water

And we stagger back again

4 o'clock the sun gets higher

I hear that screen door slam

See you in the big house kitchen window

From the cane fields I'm in



Up on Bamboo Road

Up on Bamboo Road

Yes you're sweeter than a sugar cane

Sweeter than that sugar cane

Sweeter than sugar cane

Up on Bamboo Road



I want to hold you close cher

I can only see you when I can

All day I cut that pure cane sugar

But I'm still a starving man



Up on Bamboo Road

Up on Bamboo Road

Yes you're sweeter than a sugar cane

Sweeter than the sugar cane

Sweeter than the sugar cane

Up on Bamboo Road