My Many Hurried Southern Trips

(album: Simple As I Am - 1971)

(Attention please, Southbound bus loading Gate No 8
All aboard for Willow Springs Taboule Rogersville Paskanaw Ravanden
Belaford Johnsborro Marktree and Memphis all aboard South all aboard, please)

I drive for the bus line to all points south I drive
Guess I've heard a million stories from the folks that ride
Have your tickets ready please and don't forget to check your grid
And I'm a leaving on another one of my hurried southern trips

These big wheels roll in the heat and the cold
When the thunder and the lightening whips
And the folks that ride got a reason to ride
On a hurried southern trips

With a tear filled eyes a young girl got on board at Willow Springs
She was bearing child and I didn't see a ring
I'm on my way to Memphis she said through trembling lips
At the unwed mother's home I'll end up my hurried southern trip

A man stepped aboard in Memphis said do you remember me
I rode here with you to Luthportworth in 1953
And I've been in prison all these years 'cause I made one bad slip
And I took him home to Rogersville on a hurried southern trip

These big wheels roll in the heat and the cold
When the thunder and the lightening whips
And the folks that ride got a reason to ride
On a hurried southern trips

A soldier boy said hello Joe it's been a long long time
Do you still make a special stop and the Shannon County Line
It wasn't long till we were there to meet the folks he'd missed
Tears of joy filled every eye on that hurried southern trip

These big wheels roll in the heat and the cold
When the thunder and the lightening whips
And the folks that ride got a reason to ride
On a hurried southern trips

(We will change buses here ladies and gentlemen for all point stops
Be sure that you conform your reservation be sure to check your baggage and babies
For Birmingham Knoxville Charlotte Gatlinsburg Curbville Mobile)