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Hit The Road

from SAN JUAN STREET by Shawn Nelson

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HIT THE ROAD

I left home when I was grown
When I could cross the bayous on my own
Spent some time living crazy
A little too lazy for a man
So I ended up down in New Orleans
With a pretty Creole woman I called Rose
But Rose she says we can’t stay round here
Let’s have another beer and hit the road
Let’s hit the road

61 can take us out of New Orleans
Be in Memphis in the morning if we drove
But Rose and me we ain’t got much money
Or a car that can make it to Tennessee
The TV’s talking but I can’t hear it
Bet they’re saying hell’s a coming for us all
And Rose she says I can’t make it without my Momma
Can’t be leaving here without her all alone
Let’s hit the road

Still remember walking through New Orleans
With my pretty Creole woman by my side
But if I smell me a blooming sweet Magnolia
I’ll pretend I don’t know ya and start to cry
‘Cause Rose and me we never ever found her Momma
Guess the Good Lord came and got her before we could
And as I boarded the last bus to Houston
Left Rose there refusing to go
So I hit the road

Hit the road
Cross the bayou
On my own now, all alone, heading home
Hit the road, hit the road, hit the road

And as I boarded the last bus to Houston
Left Rose there refusing to go

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from SAN JUAN STREET, released October 25, 2011
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Written by Shawn Nelson.
© 2011 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals – Shawn Nelson; Lead Electric Guitar – Scott Martin; Electric Mandolin – Fletcher Murchison; Trisha Keefer – Fiddle; Will Dupuy – Bass; Patrick Herzfeld – Drums
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Shawn Nelson Austin

Shawn Nelson is a songwriter, musician and singer based in Austin who has been performing and making records for over a decade. The Austin Chronicle named his 2011's San Juan Street "one of the best country albums of the year."
Shawn and the group of string band pickers have recorded a live studio album slated to be released in the Fall of 2016 marking Shawn's 9th independent release.
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