Skeeter Davis - Bus Fare to Kentucky lyrics

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(Ronny Light)

I know I'm just a country girl I hadn't seen much of the world

Today my bus pulled out of old Kentucky

My daddy waved and mama cried and I felt all choked up inside

Cause I was leavin' everyone that loved me.

The first I saw of city ways went against how I was raised

This country girl was really out of place

And I was set to go back home but I was broke and all alone

And I couldn't find another friendly face.

But I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky

Or this city would have seen the last of me

I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky

And that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free.

--- Instrumental ---

I met a boy from Tennessee and I guess he reminded me

Of someone that I knew in old Kentucky

It was good to have a friend and it was good to laugh with him

And it was good to hear him say he loved me.

I never thought he'd do me wrong so I gladly went along

I loved him more than any man I've known

And after he had all his fun he told me that our love was done

And then he left this country girl alone.

I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky

Or this city would have seen the last of me

I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky

And that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free.

I can't afford to go first class so I'll make it the best I can

Anything to get my feet on that good Kentucky land

My thumb is in the air and my suitcase by my side

Won't somebody give this poor old country girl a ride.

Kentucky I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore

Kentucky I don't know why I ever strayed

Kentucky your bluegrass bridges and your valleys call to me

Kentucky I'm comin' home to stay

Kentucky I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore...