Testo Just Rode in Your Town - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee

Just Rode in Your Town

I’m a stranger here, just rode in your town\nOh, yes, I am, I’m a stranger here, just rode in your town\nWell, because I’m a stranger, everybody wants to dog me 'round\nWell, I wonder why some people treat the strangers so\nOh, yes, I do, I wonder why some people treat the strangers so\nWell, he may be your best friend that you will never know\nI’m gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare\nOh, yes, I am, I’m gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare\nWell, if he don’t send it, I don’t mind walkin' down\nWell, I wonder if my good girl knows I’m here\nOh, yes, I do, lord, I wonder if my good girl knows I’m here\nWell, if she do, she just don’t seem to care\nWell, I’m goin' back home wear out 99 pair of shoes\nOh, yes, I am, I’m goin' back home wear out 99 pairs of shoes\nWell, when I get back home I won’t have these old stranger blues\nI’m gonna leave this town, nothing here that I can do\nOh, no, it ain’t, I’m gonna leave this town, nothing here that I can do\nWell, boy, sit right here in the troubadour, sing these old stranger blues