Telephone Road Lyrics - Steve Earle

My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack 

Went off down to Houston and they never come back 

Mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet 

But there ain't nobody hirin' back in Lafeyette 

I'm workin' all week for the Texaco check 

Sun beatin' down on the back of my neck 

Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no 

Says he's got a little honey on Telephone Road 

Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

This ain't Louisiana 

Your Mama won't know 

Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

Everybody's rockin' out on Telephone Road 

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Telephone Road's ten miles long 

Fifty car lots and a hundred honky-tonks 

Jukebox blastin' and the beer bottles ring 

Jimmy banging on a pinball machine 

Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

This ain't Louisiana 

Your Mama won't know 

Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

Everybody's rockin' out on Telephone Road 

Mama never told me about nothin' like this 

I guess Houston's 'bout as big as a city can get 

Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafeyette 

Someday I'm goin' home but I ain't ready yet 

Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

This ain't Louisiana 

Your Mama won't know 

Come on come on come on let's go 

Everybody's rockin' out on Telephone Road 

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Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

This ain't Louisiana 

Your Mama won't know 

Come on, come on, come on, let's go 

Everybody's rockin' out on Telephone Road