Karaoké Box No. 10 Jim Croce

Well, out of Southern Illinois come a down home country boy

He's gonna make it in the city playin' guitar in the studio

Oh well, he hadn't been there an hour when he met a Broadway flower

You know she took him for his money and she left him in a cheap hotel

Oh well, it's easy for you to see that that country boy is me

Say and how am I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home

Well, I was gonna be a great success

Things sure ended up a mess but in the process

I got messed up, too

Well, hello Mama and Dad

I had to call collect 'cos I ain't got a cent to my name

Well I'm sleepin' in the hotel doorway and tonight they say it's gonna rain

And if you'd only send me some money

I'll be back on my feet again

Send it in care of the Sunday

Mission, box number ten

Well, back in Southern Illinois they're still worryin' 'bout their boy

But this boy's goin' home soon's he gets the fare

Because as soon as I got my bread

I got a pipe upside my head

You know they left me in an alley took my money and my guitar, too

Hello Mama and Dad

I had to call collect 'cos I ain't got a cent to my name

Well I'm sleepin' in the hotel doorway and tonight they say it's gonna rain

And if you'd only send me some money

I'll be back on my feet again

Send it in care of the Sunday

Mission, box number ten