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 travellin', 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 stoppin', you headed down to Cairo

I wrecked my Lincoln in the Saint Jo

Why to little old Cairo, no special reason

Look up some folks I used to know



Hey, I've traveled some, I had my share of fun

And now that's a life a man can live

Sure I've played and lost, but who minds the cost

You've got to take more than you give



Hey, you got another cigar, son, I sure like this-a 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 travelled some, yes, I've been a bum

Never have a dime for kin

I love to make my way, is more than I can say

To see my children poor as sin



I know this road leads straight into Cairo

Twenty-two miles straight ahead

I can't, I can't walk down this road to Cairo

They're better thinkin' I'm dead



No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road

No, I just can't walk down this road