Tobacco Road – Rare Earth (originally by John D. Loudermilk)

I was born in a dump
Mother died and my daddy got drunk
He left me here to die or grow
In the middle of tobacco road

I grew up in a rusty shack
And all I had own was hangin’ on my back
The lord knows how I loathe
This place called tobacco road

But its home, it’s really my home
The only life I’ve ever known
But the lord, the lord knows I loathe
Tobacco road

I’m gonna leave and get a job
With the help and the grace of god
I save my money, get rich I know
Bring it back to tobacco road

I gonna get me some dynamite
Gonna bring me a crane
Got to blow you up, got to tear you down
And start all over again
Well I’ll build a town, I’ll be proud to show
Keep the name tobacco road

‘Cause it’s home
The only life I’ve ever known
I despise you ’cause you filthy
But I love ya, ’cause it’s home
Tobacco road
Tobacco road
You dirty and filthy
Tobacco road
Gonna get me some dynamite
Gonna bring me a crane
Got to blow you up, got to tear you down
And start all over again
Tobacco road
Tobacco road
I despise you, I despise you ’cause you filthy
But I love ya, ’cause it’s home
Tobacco road