- Man, well it looks like this town ain't nothing but bad luck and trouble.
Man, ain’t that the truth.
- So what we going do now?
Well I don’t know, but your gal left ya, and I got no more dough.
- So why not we go down to the country?
Down the country?
- Sure! Don’t you know about that?
No, I never knew nothing about down in the country. I was raised in the town my whole life. Bad luck old town.
- Man I know all about it, man. Tell you what to do. Look here.
- I going the country.
How you going get there?
- I don’t know, but I going the country.
What you going do when you get there?
- I don’t know! But I going down the country. Might as well just show you boy.(?) Stand up boy!
- This bad luck city, it’s really got me down. I got to leave here, I want to leave this town.
How you going to ride there?
- I’ll ride that old box car.
Where you going sleep at?
- Right underneath the stars. Going down the country. Might as well just show you boy.(?)
- I going the country, where the sun does shine. I going the country, change the pace of time.(?)
How you going to ride there?
- I’ll ride that 5 all night.
Man you can’t afford that train.
- I’ll hobo on behind. Going down the country. Might as well just show you boy.(?)
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Some folks might say that a fella like us running around our troubles.
- Naw man, it ain’t like that. We just taking a break for a while, that’s all.
How we know that they going be that way, time we get there?
- Man, i don’t think they like that down in the country, man.
Naw?
- Naw, man, i’ll tell ya about it.
- Down in the country, you can drink your wine. Down in the country, you have a real good time.
What about the people there?
- They don’t wanna dog you round.
How about money?
- It grows up out the ground. Going down the country. Might as well just show you boy.(?)
Oh! You got me now!
- We going the country, where the sun does shine. We going the country, change the pace of time.(?)
How we going ride there?
- We ride that old box car.
Where we going sleep at?
- Right underneath the stars. Going down the country. Might as well just show you boy.(?)
Look out man, here come that train right now.