[00:00.00] 作词 : Croce[00:11.79]Well, out of Southern Illinois.[00:14.71]Come a down home country boy.[00:18.00]He's gonna make it in the city[00:19.87]Playin' guitar in the studio.[00:23.43]Well he hadn't been there an hour,[00:26.32]When he met a Broadway flower,[00:29.70]You know she took him for his money[00:31.40]And she left him in a cheap hotel.[00:35.22]Oh, well, it's easy for you to see[00:37.81]That that country boy is me[00:40.83]Saying "And how am I gonna ever[00:42.39]break the news to the folks back home?"[00:46.73]Well, I was gonna be a great success,[00:49.42]Things sure ended up a mess,[00:52.78]But in the process I got messed up too.[00:58.18]"Hello Mamma and Dad I had to call collect“[01:01.18]'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name.[01:04.28]Well I'm sleepin' in the hotel doorway,[01:07.08]And tonight they say it's gonna rain.[01:09.65]And if you'd only send me some money[01:13.12]I'll be back on my feet again,[01:16.32]Send it in care of the Sunday Mission[01:19.25]Box number ten.10[01:27.56]Well, back in Southern Illinois[01:30.27]They're still worryin' 'bout their boy.[01:33.52]But this boy's goin' home soon's he get's the fare.[01:39.22]Because as soon as I got my bread[01:41.97]I got a pipe upside my head.[01:45.23]You know they left me in an alley,[01:46.74]Took my money and my guitar, too.[01:50.74]"Hello Mamma and Dad I had to call collect[01:53.40]'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name.[01:56.51]Well I'm sleepin' in the hotel doorway,[01:59.36]And tonight they say it's gonna rain.[02:01.73]And if you'd only send me some money[02:05.12]I'll be back on my feet again,[02:08.26]Send it in care of the Sunday Mission[02:11.39]Box number ten.[02:14.16]