There was Vicksburg and Jackson
Then Memphis Tennessee
Then some little town in Georgia, but the name was lost on me
We made it through to Christmases but houses don't come free
Daddy and the landlord couldn't quite agree
The first time we were thrown out, I was maybe three years old
My memory doesn't serve me but I remember it was cold
The folks told us a story of how the house was full of mold
But the whispers in my head said there were stories left untold
I swear if this old house of mine crumbles to the ground
I'll build another in its place 'cause its foundation's sound
I'm never gonna spend another Christmas on the road
I will never have a car my kids will help me load
I'll always live my life with nothing borrowed, nothing owed
And I'm never gonna spend another Christmas on the road
My mother and my father have been gone for many years
My heart aches at the memory of their eyes so full of fears
I never really saw them clearly looking through the tears
It's pretty hard to focus when you're always shifting gears
I swear if this old house of mine crumbles to the ground
I'll build another in its place 'cause its foundation's sound
I'm never gonna spend another Christmas on the road
I will never have a car my kids will help me load
I'll always live my life with nothing borrowed, nothing owed
And I'm never gonna spend another Christmas on the road
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I'm never gonna spend another Christmas on the road
I will never have a car my kids will help me load
I'll always live my life with nothing borrowed, nothing owed
And I'm never gonna spend another Christmas on the road