I was born in a dump 
My mother died 
My daddy got drunk 
They Left me here 
To die or grow 
In the middle of 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
I Grew up in a rusty shack 
All I ever owned babe 
Was hangin' on my back 
Lord above know 
How much I loathe 
This mean ol' place called 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
But it's home yes 
The only life I've ever known 
And the lord knows 
How much I loathe 
Tobacco Road (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
I'm talkin' 'bout road (Road, Road, Road) 
I'm talkin' 'bout that road (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Everybody's got one (Road, Road, Road) 
Everybody's got some (Road, Road, Road) 
Everybody's got feel one (Road, Road, Road) 
Everybody remember (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
But it's home mmm 
The only life this boy has ever known 
And the lord knows 
How much I loathe 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
I'm gonna leave (Road, Road, Road) 
And get myself a job (Road, Road, Road) 
With the help (Road, Road, Road) 
And the grace from above (Road, Road, Road) 
I'll get me some dynamite (Road, Road, Road) 
And I'll get me a crane (Road, Road, Road) 
And I'll blow it all up, tear it down (Road, Road, Road) 
Start all over again (Road, Road, Road) 
And I'll build me a town (Road, Road, Road) 
I'll be proud to show (Road, Road, Road) 
And I'll keep the name (Road, Road, Road) 
And I'll keep the name (Road, Road, Road) 
And I'll keep the name Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road 
Tobacco Road 
You're dirty and you're filthy 
But I love you 
Cause you're my home, baby 
You are my home 
The only life I've ever known 
You are my home 
You are my home 
Yes, you're my home 
Ya hear me, you're my home 
You're my home 
Yes it's home, yes 
The only life I've ever known 
And the lord knows 
How much I loathe 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Tobacco Road, yeah (Road, Road, Road) 
Do it again, ya feel a thing (Road, Road, Road) 
Do it again, ya feel a thing (Road, Road, Road) 
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La chanson "Tobacco road" a été créée par John D. Loudermilk et adaptée en français par Dick Rivers.
La version néerlandaise "Schilderswijk" est interprétée par Freek de Jonge.
La version allemande est chantée par The Lords tandis que I Nobili interprètent la version italienne.
Une version espagnole est chantée par Luis "Vivi" Hernandez tandis que Los Apson interprètent "Deception" alors que "El camino del Tabaco" est chanté par Las Vibraciones et que "La calle des Tabaco" l'est par David Lee Roth.
En tchèque, "Můj Rodnej Dům" est interprété par Peter Lipa & LuboÅ¡ AndrÅ¡t Blues Band alors que la version hongroise est chantée par le Romantikus Eröszak.
Parmi les reprises, notons celle des Nashville Teens, celle, brutale, des Typhoons, celle des Jefferson Airplanes, celle d'Eric Burdon, celle des Shocking Blue, celle du Little Bob Story, celle de Bobby Gentry, celle de Status Quo, celle de Jean-jacques Goldman ou, en 2017, celle de Rodney Crowell et, en 2019, celle de Mercury Rev feat. Susanne Sundfør.
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