[Chorus]
           
Lord I was bor

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Tryin' to make

              
 a living and 

            
doing the best

   
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When it's time

            
 for leaving I

            
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That I was bor

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[Verse 1]
            
My father was 

            
a Gambler down

                 
 in Georgia
            
He wound up on

            
 the wrong end

        
 of a gun
            
And I was born

            
 in the back s

            
eat of a Greyh

       
ound bus
            
Rolling down h

            
ighway forty-o

  
ne

[Chorus]
           
Lord I was bor

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n a Ramblin' m

an
            
Tryin' to make

              
 a living and 

            
doing the best

   
 I can
            
When it's time

            
 for leaving I

            
 hope you'll u

   
nderstand
           
That I was bor

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[Verse 2]
            
I'm on my way 

             
to New Orleans

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 this morning
            
Leavin' out of

            
 Nashville, Te

     
nnessee
            
they're always

            
 havin' a good

              
 time down on 

          
the Bayou, lor

 
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Them delta wom

            
en think the w

          
orld of me

[Chorus]
           
Lord I was bor

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n a Ramblin' m

an
            
Tryin' to make

              
 a living and 

            
doing the best

   
 I can
            
When it's time

            
 for leaving I

            
 hope you'll u

   
nderstand
           
That I was bor

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Lord I was bor

#         
n a Ramblin' m

an
            
Tryin' to make

              
 a living and 

            
doing the best

   
 I can
            
When it's time

            
 for leaving I

            
 hope you'll u

   
nderstand
           
That I was bor

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