Electric Light Orchestra Birmingham Blues

Working on the road across
This great big world,
Yeah I've been rolling like a stone
I never get back home,
Yes, I've been long-gone,
And boy I've got the Birmingham Blues.

I've been across the ocean
To the south sea isles
Yeah I traveled to the east and west
For miles and miles and miles
And I've been long-gone,
And boy I've got the Birmingham Blues.

Across the world (Across the world) I've seen,
People and places (People and places)
Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)
But with a different name.

I wouldn't change the things
I do for anything
But I'd just like to hear the message
Of the streets again
Give me a ticket,
'Cos boy I've got the Birmingham Blues.

It may be kind of homely
But it sure is sweet,
Industrial Revolution put it on its feet
But it's a long, long way,
Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

Across the world (Across the world) I've seen,
People and places (People and places)
Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)
But with a different name.

I'll go and stay a while
And all the folks I meet
They'll say "you won't stay long
You got them travelin' feet,
You'll soon be long-gone.
'Cos boy you got
The rest of the world blues".

Across the world (Across the world) I've seen,
People and places (People and places)
Everywhere I've been (Don't you know it could be the same)
But with a different name.

Across the world
People and places (People and places)
Everywhere I've been

Across the world (Across the world)
People and places (People and places)
Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)
But you know its got a different name.

[Fading]
Across the world
People and places
Everywhere I've been