[00:00.00] 作词 : Croce[00:11.80]Well, out of Southern Illinois[00:14.91]Come a down home country boy.[00:18.05]He's gonna make it in the city[00:19.52]Playin' guitar in the studio.[00:23.73]Well he hadn't been there an hour,[00:26.99]When he met a Broadway flower,[00:29.96]You know she took him for his money[00:31.51]And she left him in a cheap hotel.[00:35.35]Oh, well, it's easy for you to see[00:38.38]That that country boy is me[00:41.26]Saying "And how am I gonna ever[00:42.79]break the news to the folks back home?"[00:47.02]Well, I was gonna be a great success,[00:50.09]Things sure ended up a mess,[00:53.16]But in the process I got messed up too.[00:58.30]"Hello Mamma and Dad I had to call collect[01:01.76]'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name.[01:04.70]Well I'm sleepin' in the hotel doorway,[01:07.96]And tonight they say it's gonna rain.[01:10.09]And if you'd only send me some money[01:13.34]I'll be back on my feet again,[01:16.51]Send it in care of the Sunday Mission[01:19.84]Box number ten."[01:24.29][01:27.92]Well, back in Southern Illinois[01:30.74]They're still worryin' 'bout their boy.[01:33.73]But this boy's goin' home[01:35.76]soon's he get's the fare.[01:39.29]Because as soon as I got my bread[01:42.24]I got a pipe upside my head.[01:45.29]You know they left me in an alley,[01:46.91]Took my money and my guitar, too.[01:51.03]"Hello Mamma and Dad I had to call collect[01:54.00]'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name.[01:56.89]Well I'm sleepin' in the hotel doorway,[01:59.76]And tonight they say it's gonna rain.[02:02.17]And if you'd only send me some money[02:05.70]I'll be back on my feet again,[02:08.56]Send it in care of the Sunday Mission[02:11.75]Box number ten."[02:14.53]