[00:00.00]I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
[00:09.52]Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
[00:19.41]Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
[00:29.39]Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
[00:46.54]Call it one drink too many
[00:50.04]Call it pride of a man
[00:54.67]But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
[01:04.77]'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
[01:14.77]Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
[01:24.78]We do it over and over and over again
[01:34.78]We do it over and over and over again
[01:44.78]Oh-oh Oh-oh
[01:48.03]Oh-oh-oh-oh
[01:49.78]Oh-oh Oh-oh
[01:52.78]Oh-oh-oh-oh
[01:54.78]Oh-oh Oh-oh
[01:57.78]Oh-oh-oh-oh
[01:59.78]Oh-oh I know there's
[02:02.53]California,
[02:04.28]Oklahoma And all of the places
[02:08.53]I ain't ever been to but
[02:11.78]Down in the valley with
[02:15.03]Whiskey rivers
[02:17.28]These are the places you will find me hidin'
[02:22.53]These are the places
[02:25.78]I will always go
[02:28.03]These are the places
[02:30.53]I will always go
[02:32.78]I am on my way
[02:36.03]I am on my way
[02:39.03]I am on my way back to where
[02:42.53]I started
[02:44.28]Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh
[02:49.28]Oh-oh Oh-oh
[02:52.28]Oh-oh-oh-oh
[02:54.28]Oh-oh (Continue in background)
[02:56.28]One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
[03:00.53]I saw your face,
[03:03.03]I heard you callin' out
[03:05.53]I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
[03:10.53]Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
[03:15.53]There was a sign on the door and it reads to me
[03:20.53]Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
[03:25.03]Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh
[03:29.78]Oh-oh Oh-oh
[03:32.78]Oh-oh-oh-oh
[03:34.78]Oh-oh I am on my way
[03:38.28]I am on my way
[03:41.28]I am on my way back to where
[03:44.78]I started
[03:46.53]California,
[03:48.28]Oklahoma And all of the places
[03:52.53]I ain't ever been to but
[03:55.78]Down in the valley with
[03:59.03]Whiskey rivers
[04:01.28]These are the places you will find me hidin'
[04:06.53]These are the places
[04:09.78]I will always go
[04:12.03]These are the places
[04:14.53]I will always go
[04:16.78]So I wish
[04:19.53]I was a slave to an age-old trade
[04:26.53]Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways

I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Call it one drink too many
Call it pride of a man
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
We do it over and over and over again
We do it over and over and over again
Oh-oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh I know there's
California,
Oklahoma And all of the places
I ain't ever been to but
Down in the valley with
Whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin'
These are the places
I will always go
These are the places
I will always go
I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where
I started
Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh (Continue in background)
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
I saw your face,
I heard you callin' out
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
There was a sign on the door and it reads to me
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where
I started
California,
Oklahoma And all of the places
I ain't ever been to but
Down in the valley with
Whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin'
These are the places
I will always go
These are the places
I will always go
So I wish
I was a slave to an age-old trade
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways