Greyhound, Greyhound, roll my baby on
I didn't mind him leavin'
but he's stayin' too long gone now
Roll on, Greyhound, roll on,
roll him home tonight
When he throws his arms around me,
I'm sure gonna treat him right
Well, I left my home in New York
to find happiness
Rode through New England,
covered all the way
Rode to Kansas City on a long car freight
Rode to California to the Golden Gates
Went down to Texas as
far as I could go
Through to Alabama to the
Gulf of Mexico
Took a trip to Florida
on a fast, cheap, cheap
Freezed through Mississippi, Louisiana
To South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee
Rode through Virginia up to old
D .C. Delaware to Jersey,
went through every town
Looking for my baby,
but he couldn't be found
Back to New York, beat as I could be
Called a fortune teller,
and this she told me
Have you been traveling?
Glad you're standing past
My crystal ball just told me
that your baby's coming back
Hey -ha! Yeah
To roll my baby home
I didn't want to leave him,
but he stayed too dark, gone long
Roll on, me heart, roll on
Roll, my baby, roll
Roll on, roll on, me heart
Oh, my baby