Burdon, Eric - Tobacco Road Lyrics






[Tobacco Road - Part 1]

I was born in a filthy dump, my mother died and my daddy got drunk
And they left me here, yes, to die or grow
In the middle of Tobacco Road... I grew up in prefabricated shack
When I went to high school, they pulled the clothes off my back
Lord above knows how much I loathe
This mean old place called Tobacco Road, yes
Tobacco Road, let me tell you now, Tobacco Road
Talkin' 'bout a road yeah, Tobacco Road, Lord!
Talkin' 'bout your road, talkin' 'bout my road
Talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road, talkin' 'bout a road

But it's home, hmm, yes it is
The only life I've ever known, I've ever known
And the Lord knows how much I loathe

Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road (road road road)
Talkin' 'bout your road (road road road)
Talkin' 'bout my road (road road road)
You know, baby (road road road)
I left my home, yeah (road road road)
Because it's dirty and it's filthy (road road road)
U know it's crawlin' with rats, and stinkin' with lice (road road road)
But it's home, yes it is (road road road)
I tell you what I'm gonna do (road road road)
I tell you what I'm gonna do (road road road)

Oh I'm gonna leave and I get a job
And with the help and the grace from above
I'll get meself money at the whip get rich I know
And ship it all back to Tobacco Road, yes I will
I will I'll bring dynamite, and I'll bring me a crane
And I'll blow it all up, tear it down, start all over again
And I'll build me town, people, I'll be brought to top yes I will
I'll be crackin' soul, Lord he knows?
I'll be (crocroocrou) yes, I will and I'll keep the name yes yes yes
Come on never forget me, people, ah!

Road road, talkin' 'bout a road yeah
Talkin' 'bout ya road, talkin' 'bout my road, talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road
You know I'm talkin' about it, I'm tellin' you about it, talkin' about it

It's gotta be changed, it's got to be changed, I've got to change it

[I Have A Dream]

I have a dream, everybody has a dream
I have a dream, that I can change it
I have a dream, that I can make it good once more
I have a dream, it's mine and yours and mine and yours
Let me tell you 'bout my dream, let me tell you 'bout my dream
We gotta to get it out, we have to build it up, tear it down, build it up
I had a dream one night, I had a dream one night
I was taken to a place far away from Tobacco Road
Far away, far away from you, far away from myself
I had a dream, I had a dream up above my head
I saw something it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life
I spoked out loud, I said
You know you are the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life
I heard a voice tell me I heard a voice say to me
It said "What do you want?" I said "I want to change it
Because it's wrong I want to change it
Because I believe it can be better" The voice said to me
"What makes you think that you are man enough to change anything?"
I thought for awhile, and then I spoke out loud, and I said to it, I said...
"Because I am a man and I am a part of the things that are wrong!
And if this world must go on, I have to put it right!
And I know just by lookin' at you, baby, that you're superior to me
And you can help me give me the answers! Give me some answers!"
She turned around to me and you know what she said
She said "I can help you but there's something I want from you is a gift
In return for the information I can give.
I want a gift from you, I want a gift from you"
I tried my very best to look up to the sky
And then I realized I had no eyes, I was blind, totally blind!
I begin to get afraid, afraid of the dark
I was afraid, afraid in the darkness
But then I thought about my friends who have no eyesight
I thought about the world they live in and how much it's nice there
How good it made me feel I was not afraid
I was not afraid anymore I spoke up louder!
I said "Listen, you've got my eyesight
There isn't much more I can give! Now tell me how do I change it?"
The voice said back... "Oh yes there is!
We want something more than your eyesight!" I thought for a while
And I thought "What more could she want than my eyes?"
And then the terrible feeling crept over me
As I began to realize that I understood what she was talkin' 'bout
I screamed out loud! I said "I'm not-a-give up my life!
I'd love to give you my life, but I'm just a young man
And I have a wife, I have a wife and a baby
And if I die, I know they'll cry, so please don't take my life"
Then I heard my wife say, "It's all right baby, I understand
Go ahead and do your thing!" There was nowhere I could run
I heard my father say "I understand son
Go ahead and give it, it's yours to give"
Then I heard my mother say the same thing
She said "Go ahead and give it away, I gave to you
And now it's yours to give to someone else!" I was lost, I was lost
No place to run no place to hide, no place to run no place to hide
I felt it, I knew it
I could sense it, I could feel it creepin' up from the tips of my toes
Up my legs, over my knees, up over my belly
'Cross my chest, the black shadow of death
No place to run, run to, no place to hide
So I just laid there and I died, died, died, darkness, stillness

[Tobacco Road - Part 2]

But it's gotta be change, yes it has! It's gotta be change, yes it has
I opened my eyes once more, I breathe again, I walked again
I was ten times stronger, they give it back to me
I'm gonna give it back to you
Life is too precious, life is priceless, life goes on and on and Lord
Never stops, never stops, no no
It just goes on and on and on and on and on
I've got to change that road, I gotta build me a new road
We can walk that road together
Hand in hand, yes, hand in hand, ah, hand in hand, people, aww, yeah

Road road (ha-ha-ha) talkin' 'bout a road yeah
Talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road, talkin' about Tobacco Road, you know it!
Dirty 'n-a-filthy, dirty 'n-a-filthy, dirty 'n-a-filthy, Tobacco Road, yeah
Tobacco Road people, Tobacco Road, yeah
Hmm Tobacco Road, yeah, Tobacco Road, oh Lord, Tobacco Road
Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a road
Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a your road
Talkin' 'bout my road, everybody's got a road, yeah
Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout it, talkin' 'bout it
Talkin' 'bout a road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road Road
Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road Road
Don't? Pa! 'Ever stop, don't ever stop me, 'ever stop me!
Talkin' 'bout a road road road road
I'm coming home baby, I'm coming home, people
I'm goiming home now, I'm coming home, yeah
I'm coming home, hmm, I'm going home, I'm coming home





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  1. T.... H....

    When the paraphrase is better than the original opus. This is the real art!

  2. J.... H....

    This is the last group Jimi played with, shortly before he left his body.

  3. d.... m....

    Nothing by Burdon is bad. Especially love Burdon and War Spill The Wine and Down in Monterey

  4. d.... m....

    This version by him is good, but I like Eric’s slower version better

  5. G.... M....

    The real "WAR"!!! Band Right Here
    ~ What It Is ~

  6. M.... T....

    Love when the keyboard player can't deal with the excessive levels of sleaze the rhythm section is dishing out any longer and goes full fro-banging at 4.18

  7. N.... S....

    Can you believe disco shit replaced thus

  8. P.... W....

    Eric Burden came to America and really lit'em up starting with the Monterrey pop festival. No coincidence that he hooked up with War. Tobacco Road;what a jam!

  9. r.... ....

    These live videos of Eric's time with War were magical and intense, just oozing with soul.

  10. C.... P....

    Sencillamente me encanta y me enloquece

  11. J.... C....

    Animals Mach2

  12. e.... ....

    Now that’s how to front a band.

  13. W.... H....

    even my dog dances, better then Jazz, maybe it's Jazz?

  14. W.... H....

    Oh my God, this is music i do like

  15. K.... M....

    In the British Invasion of the early to mid '60's, Eric Burdon's voice was sadly not given due credit. He had such a distinctive and rich voice that it stood out by a mile from Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger.

  16. l.... a....

    POR FIN TANTO TIEMPO SIN ESCUCHARLA Y TANTO TIEMPO QUE LA BAILE , LA DANSE

  17. s.... B....

    THE BEST THING ON THE INTERNET BAR NONE!

    s.... B....

    This is just blues

    s.... B....

    @Wolfgang Hornung 12 BAR blues! Can't be beat! Most restaurants serve the same food groups but theres a difference between a big mac and fillet mignon in a swish restaurant!

    s.... B....

    @seumas Broderick you're right

    s.... B....

    @Wolfgang Hornung merry holidays!

  18. S.... C....

    MUCHA BANDA UFFG

  19. A.... S....

    Legend!

  20. S.... W....

    I was just born too late!!

  21. a.... g....

    Eric burdon and war were great together 😀👍

  22. a.... ....

    I saw Eric Burdon with War at the Altamonte Mall in Denver about 1971. I seen War (without Eric Burdon) again about 2014 at Lake Eola Park in Orlando.

  23. M.... J....

    This is a funk odyssey. I love it.

  24. t.... ....

    Cheyenne Club 1979.

  25. R.... T....

    NOW ,CAN YOU DIG THAT!! CAN YOU DIG THAT,,

  26. S.... A....

    This is nuts

  27. S.... C....

    633 empty vessels with absolutely no soul! Only the living dead would vote this down!

  28. K.... ....

    einfach einer der besten Songs der Welt

  29. j.... k....

    classic forever

  30. b.... ....

    master piece...

  31. Z.... P....

    That does it ;-)

  32. b.... f....

    smoking !

  33. C.... G....

    Fantastic Band, fantastic Burdon.

  34. T.... M....

    Power music for ever,great...timeless

  35. C.... ....

    Freakin A....whose that bass player driving the band and this song? Ouch!

  36. E.... W....

    Seth Curry playing harp.

  37. R.... S....

    Fucking A.

  38. C.... ....

    Charles Miller on sax and he appears to be playing a Beuscher 400 "Top Hat & Cane" tenor. He died in 1980, killed by someone in a botched robbery and no one was ever arrested.

  39. J.... F....

    Better than this
    only two of this!

  40. S.... E....

    “What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Where body how?”
    Jack Kerouac "On The (tobacco) Road" : Original Scroll 1957

  41. D.... V....

    D,Maria concilia

    Uma pessoa
    Angelical
    Que doçura
    De pessoa!
    Um olhar
    Celestial
    Sua voz
    A me falar
    Meu filho
    Deus lhe
    Deu este
    Dom!
    Você é um poeta
    Nunca pare
    De escrever!
    Agradeço
    Minha avó
    Minha mãe
    Minha madrinha
    Viva a poesia!

  42. D.... V....

    Ayrton Senna

    Domingo de manhã
    Quanta alegria
    Ayrton Senna
    Deixou!
    O povo
    Acordava
    Cedo
    As corridas
    Assistir!
    Ayrton Senna
    Nosso campeão
    Aqui passou!
    Ayrton Senna
    Com Deus
    Se encontrou!

  43. D.... V....

    Lgbt

    Vem me ver
    Vem me olhar
    Sou diferente
    Vem me abraçar
    A diversidade
    A brincar!
    O mundo
    É Alegre
    O arco iris
    Vem amar!
    Respeita
    Meu gosto
    Eu quero
    Namorar!
    Lgbt
    Vem beijar!
    Este mundo
    Vou respeitar!
    Lgbt
    Vem amar!

  44. J.... R....

    To make the background a void seems brilliant to me.

  45. C.... L....

    Just pure goddamn magic..

  46. A.... S....

    THIS SONG GOES ON FOREVER, AS IT SHOULD

  47. D.... M....

    Einfach Genial

  48. M.... T....

    MORE COWBELL!!!

  49. M.... R....

    one of the best jamming song...

  50. M.... ....

    blues, rock, jazz. in one big jam.

  51. o.... ....

    Always loved him I was born at the right time some of the greatest bands ever

  52. T.... C....

    Love Eric Burdon's vocals.

  53. R.... K....

    I was fortunate to meet Eric he told me he was the last person with Jimi Hendrix he was a very humble man great vocalist should be a hall of famer

    R.... K....

    He is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with The Animals. It's WAR that needs to be inducted on their own merits. Peace.

  54. d.... c....

    More Cowbell...!!!

  55. d.... c....

    Burton is Bad...War...The Animals...either way...!!!

  56. B.... B....

    Jamul does it best. Listen.

  57. A.... H....

    😍😍

  58. w.... d....

    Most of the bands I love, ain't in the RRHF. Now that's saying something...

  59. E.... T....

    Increíble me fascina

  60. m.... g....

    Wokalista nie z tej ziemi.

  61. S.... L....

    What talents....

  62. K.... J....

    Badmanken ken yeah

  63. p.... ....

    I just love these jam sessions. nobody knows when to stop it just goes on and on.

  64. B.... G....

    Who can beat this?

  65. �.... �....

    Кто-бы спорил с великой самобытностью Эрика Бёрдона ! ! !

  66. r.... t....

    YOUR SO FUCKING CRAZY ERIC THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH BABY 💋💕💋💕 THANK YOU 😍😘 I LOVE TO SEE YOU SING 💋 YOUR SO SEXY THE WAY YOU MOVE WHEN YOUR SINGING 💕💕💋 I LOVE YOU ERIC YOUR MY BABY 💋💋💋💕 9-25-19

  67. M.... P....

    Lindaaasss

  68. M.... P....

    Esa canción me facina desde que tengo 5años ya tengo 55los feliitos

  69. s.... k....

    good bant

  70. B.... ....

    Morgan Freeman no sax kkkkkkkkkk

  71. H.... K....

    Whoaaaargh!! Eric!! ...really cooking!! Vindalooloo!! Hothothot!! Pass the chutney chaps!! ;-]

  72. p.... ....

    Are they in Heaven?

  73. E.... B....

    Hello Magusmagic. I would like to get in contact with you, because I think I got archive material you don't know of, and you got archive material I don't know of. Please contact me, I got a lot to tell you.

    ttkwieringa02@@t
    06-21332582

  74. T.... V....

    This is too short...

  75. A.... P....

    ERIC BURDON IS WHITE GUUUUUAAAAOOOOO 👋😲👋 SALUDOS THE COLOMBIA MI FRIEND'S 🎼🎶🎵🎻🎺🎶🎵🎶🎼🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎼🎶🎵🎤😆👍.

  76. J.... V....

    Cool good sweet music Video.

  77. D.... E....

    Eric Burdon one of the greatest talents of the 1960s to 1970s. It doesn't matter he hasn't received the recognition due from the pimps, Illuminati, pedophiles and thugs who run the music industry. The of us who know 60s and 70s music well know whose good and whose not. Those who sell their souls get the recognition from this world but not in the next.

  78. P.... P....

    Complete crap cf the Nashville Teens. Burdon is just a bitter geordie ex pat who occasionally gets a fee for interviews.

  79. D.... S....

    Sublime.

  80. v.... ....

    Who's doing the best delic backgound for this?!

  81. �.... �....

    ОБАЛДЕННО,,,КРАСИВО!!!...МУЗЫКАНТЫ СУПЕР,,,ДО КАЖДОГО ЗВУКА,,,,ТАК ЗАВОРАЖИВАЕТ!!!БРАВО,,ГРУППЕ,,,ВОКАЛИСТ,,ДУШКА!!!

  82. B.... W....

    More cow bell

  83. s.... k....

    A match for mick jagger any day! Or even greater!? 😎👉🌟

  84. G.... R....

    Don't try this at home......... hoping nobody tries. crank this fine mofo it's animal pre

  85. P.... C....

    Great song......

  86. M.... L....

    proper music

  87. o.... ....

    6:10 homeboy on the bongos definitely feeling the vibes

  88. M.... S....

    My old good music...takes me to the heart

  89. S.... M....

    Papa Dee Allen jusa boppin' dee cong!

  90. M.... K....

    Jep! Thanks! Anna,Christine,Tinja&Markku :D

  91. s.... ....

    fake as fuck

  92. U.... H....

    That is Kool.......

  93. D.... M....

    Eric is incredibly talented and hot as hell.

  94. L.... S....

    He sings Don't let me be misunderstood. When I was young?

  95. L.... S....

    Is he from The Animals?

    L.... S....

    The very same. Called the Alan Price Combo before that. "Geordies"

  96. G.... G....

    Cookin!!!!!!!!