Intro :
Well outta Southern Illi nois
Come a down-home country boy
He's gonna make it in the city
Playin' guitar in the stud io
Oh well, he hadn't been there an hour
When he met a Broadway flow'r
You know she took him for his money
And she left him in a cheap ho tel
Oh well, it's easy for you to see
That that country boy is me
Say and how'm I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home?
Well, I was gonna be a great success
Things sure ended up a me ss
But in the process I got messed up to
Hello, mama and dad I had to call coll ect
Cause I ain't got a cent to m y nam e
Well, I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
And ton ight they say it's gonna rain
And if you'd only se nd me some money
I'll be bac k on my feet again
Send it in care of the S unday Mi ssion
Box Number Ten
Well, back in Southern Illi nois
They're still w orryin" 'bout their boy
But this boy's goin' home soon's he gets the fare
Because as soon as I got my bread
I got a pipe upside my head
You know they took me in an alley
Took my money and my guitar too
Hello, mama and dad I had to call coll ect
Cause I ain't got a cent to m y nam e
Well, I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
And ton ight they say it's gonna rain
And if you'd only se nd me some money
I'll be bac k on my feet again
Send it in care of the S unday Mi ssion
Box Number Ten