I Gotta Go

I Gotta Go
Robert Earl Keene

Capo 2

                                               
Ain t got time to shoot the breeze, Got no time to blow,
                                   
Excuse me mister if you please, I gotta go
                                                         
Born one mornin’ on the day of the dead in a bombed out bungalow
                                           
My momma kissed my cheek and said...    I gotta go

Chorus:
                           
I gotta go somewhere, I gotta go 
                                                        
Wastin  time standing here,   I gotta go


                                    
They put me in an orphanage, West of Tupelo 
                                         
I told em when I burnt that bridge,   I gotta go
                                    
Stole a car, got a gun, Robbed the Hidey-Ho
                                
I left Memphis on the run... I gotta go

Chorus:
                           
I gotta go somewhere, I gotta go 
                                                        
Wastin  time standing here,   I gotta go


                                          
Five card stud, deuces wild, Three kings in a row
                                          
I turned that diamond deuce and smiled, I gotta go       
                                                     
They tracked my down and took my take, brother don t you know
                                              
I told them boys there s some mistake,   I gotta go

Chorus:
                           
I gotta go somewhere, I gotta go 
                                                        
Wastin  time standing here,   I gotta go


                                                       
Cold Steel up against my head, they turned the lights down low
                                    
In case you didn t hear I said...I gotta go
                                                
These are your very last words sir, say em nice and slow,
                    
My last words on this planet were...

Chorus x2 
                           
I gotta go somewhere, I gotta go 
                                                        
Wastin  time standing here,   I gotta go