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HOWARD JONES lyrics : "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'
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 travelled 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 I can't walk down this road to Cairo
They're better thinkin' I'm dead


I been travellin'
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

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