Nanci Griffith - Do Re Mi lyrics

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(Woody Guthrie)

Well, thousands of folks back east they say

Are leavin' most everyday

They're beatin' the hot ole dusty way

To the California line

Across the desert sands they roll

A-gettin' outta that old dust bowl

They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl

But, here is what they find

The police at the port of entry say

You're number 14,000 for the day

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If you ain't got that Do Re Mi boys

If you ain't got that Do Re Mi

Oh, you better go back to beautiful Texas

Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas, Tennessee

California is a garden of Eden

It's a paradise to live in or see

Believe it or not you won't find it so hot

If you ain't got the Do Re Mi

Well, if wanna buy you a home or a farm

That can't deal nobody harm

Or take your vacations by the mountains or the sea

Don't swap your old cow for a car

You'd better stay right where you are

You better take this little tip from me

I look through the want ads every day

And the headlines in the papers always say

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