Bus Fare To Kentucky
Skeeter Davis

I know I'm just a country girl I hadn't seen much of the world
Today my bus pulled out of old Kentucky
My daddy waved and mama cried and I felt all choked up inside
Cause I was leavin' everyone that loved me.

The first I saw of city ways went against how I was raised
This country girl was really out of place
And I was set to go back home but I was broke and all alone
And I couldn't find another friendly face.

But I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
Or this city would have seen the last of me
I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
And that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free.

--- Instrumental ---

I met a boy from Tennessee and I guess he reminded me
Of someone that I knew in old Kentucky
It was good to have a friend and it was good to laugh with him
And it was good to hear him say he loved me.

I never thought he'd do me wrong so I gladly went along
I loved him more than any man I've known
And after he had all his fun he told me that our love was done
And then he left this country girl alone.

I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
Or this city would have seen the last of me
I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
And that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free.

I can't afford to go first class so I'll make it the best I can
Anything to get my feet on that good Kentucky land
My thumb is in the air and my suitcase by my side
Won't somebody give this poor old country girl a ride.

Kentucky I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore
Kentucky I don't know why I ever strayed
Kentucky your bluegrass bridges and your valleys call to me
Kentucky I'm comin' home to stay
Kentucky I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore...


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  (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too   A Dear John Letter   A Place In The Country   Above And Beyond   Ain't Had No Lovin'   Ain't Had No Lovin'   Al-Di-La   All I Ever Wanted Was Love   All Of Me   Am I That Easy To Forget   Amazing Grace   Angel Band   Angel Of The Morning   Another (Just Like Me)   Another You   Anymore   Arms Of Your Love   Ask Me   Ask Me   Baby Sweet Baby   Before I Met You   Before I'm Over You   Before I'm Over You   Before The Sunrise   Blue Kentucky Girl   Blueberry Hill   Bobby Blows A Blue Note   Born To Love You   Both Sides Now   Bridge Over Troubled Water   Bridge Over Troubled Water   Broomstick Cowboy   Burning A Hole In My Mind   But You Know I Love You   Cabin On The Hill   California Uptight Band   Can't Get Used To Losing You   Chained To A Memory   Child Of The King   Chokin' Kind   Chokin' Kind   Closest Thing To Love (I've Ever Seen)   Cloudy With Occasional Tears   Color Of The Blues   Country Girl   Crazy Arms   Cry Me A River   Crying Time   Daddy Sang Bass   Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man   Dear Heart   Dear John Letter   Devil's Doll   Didn't I   Didn't I   Dixie Cup Of Sand   Do You Know My Jesus   Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long   Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long   Don't Let It Happen To Us   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way   Don't Worry 'Bout Me   Down From Dover   Down The Road   Early In The Morning   Easy To Love (So Hard To Get)   Easy To Love (so Hard To Get)   End Of The World   Evil On Your Mind   Face Of A Clown   Fall In With The Band   Father's Table Grace   Father's Table Grace   Final Step   Fire And Rain   Fly Me To The Moon   Fly Me To The Moon (in Other Words)   Foggy Mountain Top   Fuel To The Flame   Girl Who'll Satisfy Her Man   Give Me Death   Givin' Out Of Giving In   God Loves His Children   Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad   Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad   Gonna Find Me A Bluebird   Gonna Get Along Without You Now   Good Love Is Like A Good Song   Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart   Gypsy Joe And Me   Half A Mind   Hand In Hand With Jesus   Hands You're Holding Now   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Have You Seen This Man   He Called Me Baby   He Doesn't Love Me Anymore   He Doesn't Love Me Anymore   He Left His Heart With Me   He Loved Me Too Little   He Says The Same Thing To Me   He Says The Same Things To Me   He Wakes Me With A Kiss Every Morning   He'll Have To Go   Head Over Heels In Love With You   Heartbeat   Heaven Help Me   Hello Darlin'   Help Me Make It Through The Night   Hillbilly Song   Hold Me Tight   Homebreaker   Hopelessly Devoted To You   How Beautiful Heaven Must Be   How In The World Do You Kill A Memory   How Long Has It Been   How Much Can A Lonely Heart Stand   I Ain't A Talkin'   I Ain't Never   I Can Stand It   I Can't Help You I'm Falling Too   I Can't See Me Without You   I Can't Stay Mad At You   I Can't Believe That It's All Over   I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love Wi...   I Can't See Me Without You   I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye   I Can't Stay Mad At You   I Didn't Cry Today   I Don't Wanna Play House   I Don't Care   I Don't Wanna Play House   I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know   I Got You   I Look Up   I Love You   I Need You All The Time   I Really Don't Want To Know   I Say A Little Prayer   I Still Belong To You   I Still Miss Someone   I Walk The Line   I Wanna Be Loved By You   I Want To See You Too   I Will   I Will Follow Him   I Won't Be Hanging Around   I Won't Be Hanging Around   I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone   I Wouldn't Treat My Dog   I Wouldn't Treat My Dog   I'll Never Love Another   I'm Living In Two Worlds   I'm Looking For A World   I'm Looking For Someone To Love   I'm Only A Woman   I'm Your Woman   I'll Be There   I'll Meet You In The Morning   I'll Never Love Another   I'm A Lover Not A Fighter   I'm Going Steady With A Hertache   I'm Living In Two Worlds   I'm Looking For A World   I'm Looking For Someone To Love   I'm Only A Woman   I'm Saving My Love   I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry   If I Ever Get To Heaven   If I Ever Get To Heaven (i Won't See You)   If You Could Read My Mind   In The Good Old Days   In The Good Old Days (when Times Were Bad)   In The Misty Moonlight   In The Summertime   Invisible Tears   It Doesn't Matter Anymore   It Only Hurts For A Little While   It Was Only A Heart   It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels   It's A Crazy World   It's Hard To Be A Woman   It's So Easy   It's A Crazy World   It's Different Now   It's Hard To Be A Woman   It's So Easy   Jimmy Brown The Newsboy   Joshua   Just The Way I Am   Keep Baltimore Beautiful   Keep Your Hands Off My Baby   Let Me Get Close To You   Little Arrows   Little Music Box   Lonely Again   Love Love Love   Maybe Baby   Most Wanted Man   My Happiness   My Heart's In The Country   My Last Date (With You)   My Sweet Loving Man   Now I Lay Me Down To Weep   Oh Boy   Oh Boy!   Oh Happy Day   On My Mind   One You Slip Around With   Only The Strong Survive   Optimistic   Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard   Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard   Prescription For The Blues   Promises Promises   Put It Off Until Tomorrow   Put It Off Until Tomorrow   Raining In My Heart   Remember (walkin' In The Sand)   Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Secret Love   Set Him Free   Silver Threads and Golden Needles   Singing My Song   Smile   Somebody Else On Your Mind   Someday My Prince Will Come   Someday Soon   Something Comes Over Me   Somewhere With Me Sometime   Son Of A Preacher Man   Summer Place   Summertime   Sunglasses   That'll Be The Day   That'll Be The Day   That's All I Want From You   The End of the World [From Girl, Interrupted]   The Face of a Clown   The Face of a Clown [*]   The Little Music Box   The One You Slip Around With   There Never Was A Time   They Don't Make Love Like They Used To   Think It Over   Think Of Me   Together Again   Too Used To Being With You   Too Young   Touch Your Woman   True Love   True Love Ways   Truer Love You'll Never Find   Under The Boardwalk   We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds   We Need A Lot More Of Jesus   We'll Sing In The Sunshine   Well All Right   What Does It Take   What Does It Take (to Keep A Man Like You Satisfie...   What I Go Thru (to Keep Holding On To You)   When I Fall In Love   When You Gonna Bring Our Soldiers Home   Where I Ought To Be   Why So Lonely   Windmills Of Your Mind   You Ain't Woman Enough   You Ain't Woman Enough   You Mean The World To Me   You Taught Me Everything That I Know   You've Still Got A Place In My Heart   You've Still Got A Place In My Heart   Your Husband My Wife

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