Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham

(Delaney Bramlett & MacDavis)

I packed everything

I own And

I put it in a knapsack

I'm leaving

Birmingham, yes

I am And I ain't lookin' back

I bought me a guitar and

I wrote a song

I played it for the

D.J. on the telephone.

Going out to

Hollywood, feeling good, yes

I am Hello

L.A., bye bye

Birmingham

Alright! Riding on a

Greyhound bus '

Cross the

Tennessee borderline

Eating from a

Po' Boy sandwich

Taking drinks from a quart of wine

I got to get off at the very last stop

My ticket's only good to

Little Rock.

Going out to

Hollywood, feeling good, yes

I am Hello

L.A., bye bye

Birmingham.

I got mixed up with a big city woman in

Little Rock

I had to spend a week one time in the county jail

I had to take a two-day job to get my guitar out of hock

That's the way it goes when you got no dough to make bail.

I ran out of transportation funds,

I had to hitchhike

I caught me a ride with a tattooed dude on a motorbike

People gonna know when

I'm in town

Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound.

Going out to

Hollywood, feeling good, yes

I am Hello

L.A., bye bye

Birmingham

Ow, Uh! You know that

I'm tired of going down

I believe

I'm gonna leave this town

I'm leaving

Birmingham,

Yes I am Yes

I am, Yes

I am! Hello

L.A., bye bye

Birmingham

Hello L.A., bye bye

Birmingham

Hello L.A., bye bye

Birmingham

Hello L.A., bye bye

Birmingham

Bye bye Birmingham

Bye bye Birmingham

Bye bye Birmingham

Bye bye Birmingham

Bye bye Birmingham!