[Verse 1 Terry Scott Taylor] Dust in my bowl for breakfast The end of my dreams for lunch Despair on my plate And for dinner I ate Grapes of wrath, downed them all bunch by bunch [Verse 2 Derri Daugherty] We picked peaches for a nickel a bucket Not enough to keep us alive And in that Hooverville camp By the river she sat There, my mama, she laid down and died [Chorus 1] Oh, Im leaving down Route 66 Im leaving down Route 66 Down Route 66 Im prayin shell be A glory road to me [Verse 3 Mike Roe] The babies, theys cold and theys hungry The wife cries, she wants to go back But there aint no back To go back to, the banks And the dozers made damned sure of that [Chorus 1] Oh, Im leaving down Route 66 Im leaving down Route 66 Down Route 66 Im prayin shell be A glory road to me [Bridge Derri Daugherty] A man, he can think about heaven Imagine a life there so sweet But for now he must pray Lord, provide me a way So my children have something to eat [Verse 4 Terry Scott Taylor] And its onward to rich California With a prayer and our heads still held high And the hope in that land Ill be a prosperous man Build my family a home fore I die [Chorus 2] Oh, Im leaving down Route 66 Im leaving down Route 66 With my bowl full of dust Its California or bust Guess down the road Ill see If shes a glory road to me [Outro] Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh
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