electric light orchestra
birmingham blues
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.  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  'Cos 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.  Across the world I've seen  People and places  Could be the same  But with a different name.  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.  Across the world I've seen  People and places  Could be the same  But with a different name.  Across the world I've seen  People and places  Could be the same  But with a different name. 