Where I've Been

Where I've Been

Ten miles out of Jackson town
Just going nowhere fast
Was walking down the highway
Alone and busted flat

Lady kindly stopped her car
Said I looked allright
And she was kind of lonely
Would I share her room tonight.

Thumbed on over to Natchez
Slept down by the bluff
On the seedy side of town
Where things get kind of rough

Woke up with my money gone
But I still had my head
Thanking God for what I had
I could have woke up dead

Sitting in a small café
Near the town of Kenner
Hadn't eaten in three days
Was feeling somewhat thinner

Waitress bought me a burger
And topped it off with fries
Then offered me some loving
If I would tell her lies

Cleaning up a place one night
Stepped out to get some air
I woke up in a dumpster
And blood was everywhere

Struggling to my knees
Somehow I got out
Staggered to the dim lit street
A cop then heard my shout

Then made my way to Houston
I helped a trucker load
Twenty dollars and a meal
Again I hit the road

I don't know where I'm heading
But I know where I've been
I would fight with Satan himself
Than go back home again