By Route of New Orleans lyrics

Tonight I'm going home for my first time

Since I've left the scene of the crime

Only fare I could afford,

slide a door and climb aboard

Goin' home by route of New Orleans

I've been a fugitive for much too long

And I've paid a thousand ways for that one wrong

Searched trash cans my last time,

prison meals will sure be fine

Goin' home by route of New Orleans

Well it's been a while, the cotton sure is high

It seems to wave at me as I go by

Only cotton that I've seen

is in these old faded jeans

Goin' home by route of New Orleans

What's this? The train is slowing down

Fugitive aboard, the word's around

Couldn't even give myself up,

pulled their guns and opened up

Goin' home but stopped in New Orleans

Goin' baggage out of New Orleans