Do Re Mi

Guy Clark

Tabbed by: jdomary

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Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day,
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Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line.
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'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl,
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They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find --
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Now, the police at the port of entry say,

"You're number fourteen thousand for today."


Chorus:

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Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi,
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Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas, Tennessee.
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California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
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But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
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If you ain't got the do re mi.


You want to buy you a home or a farm, that can't deal nobody harm,
Or take your vacation by the mountains or sea.
Don't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you are,
Better take this little tip from me.
'Cause I look through the want ads every day
But the headlines on the papers always say:

If you ain't got the do re mi, boys, you ain't got the do re mi,
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi.