The Road to Cairo - David Ackles

A fella told me

This here road leads to Cairo

I’ve got to get me a ride

I’ve got to go back

Go back to my children

I got to see my little my bride

I’ve been traveling

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 stopping

Are you headed down to Cairo

I wrecked my Lincoln in St. Joe

Well to little old Cairo

No special reason

Look up some folks I used to know

Me I traveled some

Had my share of fun

Now that’s the life a man can live

Sure I’ve played the loss

But who minds the cause

You’ve 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 traveled some

Yes I’ve been a bum

Never have a dime for gin

I left to make my way

For here 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 thinking I’m dead

I’ve been traveling

Gone a long long time

Dunno what I’ll find

Scared of what I’d find

I just can’t

Just can’t walk down this road