"FORTY MILES TO JACKSON"
From The Bonedrivers CD "Greasefire" BB 5420


I'm leavin' from Memphis,
they don't like me down there.
I'm leavin' from Memphis,
no one like me down there
So it's forty miles to Jackson,
uphill all the way.

They run me outta Mobile,
told me I can't stay.
They run me outta Mobile,
said I could not stay
About 100 miles to Jackson,
uphill all the way.
  I pulled a knife in Natchez,
we was standing in the rain.
I cut a man in Natchez,
but no one saw my face.
Goin' back home to Jackson,
you best stay outta my way.

Made it out to Frisco,
got me a little band.
Made it out to Frisco,
brought my mojo hand.
Goin' back home to Jackson,
gonna be a big man.
Oh, yes I am.



Keith Karloff
© 20013 Leather Volcano Music BMI