Blue Cheer - Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham Lyrics
(Delaney Bramlett & MacDavis)
I packed everything I own
And I put it in a knapsack
I'm leaving Birmingham, yes I am
And I ain't lookin' back
I bought me a guitar and I wrote a song
I played it for the D.J. on the telephone.
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes I am
Hello L.A., bye bye Birmingham
Alright!
Riding on a Greyhound bus
'Cross the Tennessee borderline
Eating from a Po' Boy sandwich
Taking drinks from a quart of wine
I got to get off at the very last stop
My ticket's only good to Little Rock.
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes I am
Hello L.A., bye bye Birmingham.
I got mixed up with a big city woman in Little Rock
I had to spend a week one time in the county jail
I had to take a two-day job to get my guitar out of hock
That's the way it goes when you got no dough to make bail.
I ran out of transportation funds, I had to hitchhike
I caught me a ride with a tattooed dude on a motorbike
People gonna know when I'm in town
Heads are gonna turn when they hear my sound.
Going out to Hollywood, feeling good, yes I am
Hello L.A., bye bye Birmingham
Ow, Uh!
You know that I'm tired of going down
I believe I'm gonna leave this town
I'm leaving Birmingham, Yes I am
Yes I am, Yes I am!