Tobacco Road

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Tobacco Road by The Nashville Teens

About Tobacco Road

"Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by American musician John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for British band The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres. The song is a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in Durham, North Carolina. .

Tobacco Road Lyrics

[00:00.90] TOBACCO ROAD
[00:04.41] The Nashville Teens
[00:06.62] I was born in a trunk.
[00:14.73] Mama died and my daddy got drunk.
[00:18.19] Left me here to die alone
[00:21.48] In the middle of Tobacco Road.
[00:27.47] Grow up in rusty shack
[00:31.95] All I had was hangin' on my back.
[00:35.31] Only you know how I loathe
[00:38.53] This place called Tobacco Road.
[00:43.64] But it's home, the only life I ever known.
[00:51.66] Only you know how I loathe Tobacco Road.
[01:03.59] Interlude
[01:20.78] Gonna leave, get a job
[01:25.40] With the help and the grace from above.
[01:29.59] Save some money, get rich and old
[01:33.06] Bring it back to Tobacco Road.
[01:39.14] Bring that dynamite and a crane
[01:42.89] Blow it up, start all over again.
[01:46.69] Build a town, be proud to show.
[01:50.03] Gives the name Tobacco Road.
[01:55.80] But it's home, the only life I ever known
[02:04.36] And it's lost...
[02:10.09] But I lost it's your home
[02:15.07]

From the album: Tobacco Road