I Gotta Go - Robert Earl Keen

Ain’t got time to shoot the breeze

Got no time to blow

Excuse me, mister, if you please

I gotta go

Born one mornin' on the day of the dead

In a bombed-out bungalow

My momma kissed my cheek and said

«I gotta go»

I gotta go somewhere

I gotta go

Wastin' time standin' here

I gotta go

They put me in an orphanage

West of Tupelo

I told 'em when I burnt that bridge

«I gotta go»

Stole a car, got a gun

Robbed the Hidey-Ho

I left Memphis on the run

I gotta go

I gotta go somewhere

I gotta go

Wastin' time standin' here

I gotta go

Five card stud, deuces wild

Three kings in a row

I turned that diamond deuce and smiled

I gotta go

They tracked my down, took my take

Brother don’t you know

I told them boys, «There's some mistake

«I gotta go»

I gotta go somewhere

I gotta go

Wastin' time standin' here

I gotta go

Cold steel up against my head

They turned the lights down low

«In case you didn’t hear, I said

«'I gotta go'»

«These are your very last words, sir

«Say 'em nice and slow»

My last words on this planet were

I gotta go somewhere

I gotta go

Wastin' time standin' here

I gotta go

I gotta go somewhere

I gotta go

Wastin' time standin' here

I gotta go