Working on the road across this great big world
  I've been rolling like a stone, I never get back home
  Yes, I've been long-gone
  And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.
  
  Been across the ocean to the south sea isles
  Yeah, I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles
  And I've been long-gone
  And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.
  
  CHORUS:
  Across the world I've seen
  People and places
  Could be the same
  But with a different name.
  
  I wouldn't change the things I do for anything
  But I'd just like to hear the message of the streets again
  Give me a ticket
  Cause boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.
  
  It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet
  Industrial Revolution put it on its feet
  But it's a long, long way
  Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.
  
  REPEAT CHORUS
  
  I'll go and stay awhile and all the folks I meet
  They'll say "You won't stay long, you got them travelling feet
  You'll soon be long-gone
  'Cos boy, you got the rest of the world blues!"