Cover art for The Road Song by Canned Heat

The Road Song

Jul. 19671 viewer

The Road Song Lyrics

Ain't goin' down
Dark road all by myself
Well, dontcha hear me cryin'?
Yo-oh, hoo
Yo-oh, hoo-ooh
Yo-oh

Flag that train
That's the train my baby's on
Well, dontcha hear me cryin'?
Yo-oh, hoo
Yo-oh, hoo-ooh
Yo-oh

Asked her for water
She gave me gasoline
Well, dontcha hear me cryin'?
Yo-oh, hoo
Yo-oh, hoo-ooh
Yo-oh
Yo-oh

How long, how long
Has that fearin' train been gone?
Well, dontcha hear me cryin'?
Yo-oh, hoo
Yo-oh, hoo-ooh
Yo-oh
Ain't goin' down
That dark road all by myself
Well, dontcha hear me cryin'?
Yo-hoo-ooh
Yo-hoo
Yo-hoo
Yo-hoo
Yo-hoo

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July 1967
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