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Box #10

Jim Croce
2011-07-252:11 minSynced lyrics

"Box #10" is a song by Jim Croce, released in 2011 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:11 long and contains 40 lines and 271 words.

Lyrics

0:11Well out of southern illinois
0:15Come a down home country boy
0:18He gonna make it in the city
0:19Playin' guitar in the studio
0:23Well he hadn't been there an hour
0:26When he met a broadway flower
0:29You know she took him for his money
0:31And she left him in a cheap hotel
0:35Well it's easy for you to see
0:38That that country boy was me
0:41Say and how am I gonna ever
0:42Break the news to the folks back home
0:47Well I was gonna be a great success
0:49Things sure ended up a mess
0:53But in the process
0:54I got messed up too
0:58Hello momma and dad I had to call collect
1:01'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
1:04Well I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
1:07And tonight they say it's gonna rain
1:09And if you'd only send me some money
1:13I'll be back on my feet again
1:16Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
1:19Box number ten
1:27Well back in southern illinois
1:30They still worryin' 'bout their boy
1:34But this boy's goin' home
1:35As soon as he gets the fare
1:39Because the minute I got my bread
1:42I got a pipe upside my head
1:45You know they left me in an alley
1:46Took my money and my guitar too
1:50Hello momma and dad I had to call collect
1:54'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
1:56Well I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
1:59And tonight they say it's gonna rain
2:01And if you'd only send me some money
2:05I'll be back on my feet again
2:08Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
2:11Box number ten
Well out of southern illinois
Come a down home country boy
He gonna make it in the city
Playin' guitar in the studio
Well he hadn't been there an hour
When he met a broadway flower
You know she took him for his money
And she left him in a cheap hotel
Well it's easy for you to see
That that country boy was me
Say and how am I gonna ever
Break the news to the folks back home
Well I was gonna be a great success
Things sure ended up a mess
But in the process
I got messed up too
Hello momma and dad I had to call collect
'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
Well I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
And if you'd only send me some money
I'll be back on my feet again
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
Box number ten
Well back in southern illinois
They still worryin' 'bout their boy
But this boy's goin' home
As soon as he gets the fare
Because the minute I got my bread
I got a pipe upside my head
You know they left me in an alley
Took my money and my guitar too
Hello momma and dad I had to call collect
'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
Well I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
And if you'd only send me some money
I'll be back on my feet again
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
Box number ten

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