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Artist: Ry Cooder
Canonical path: /ry-cooder/hey-porter
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hey Porter
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Hey Porter
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Hey, Porter, Hey Porter! Would you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason Dixon Line?
At daylight would you tell the engineer to slow it down;
Or better still, just stop the train 'cause I wanna look around.
Hey, Porter! Hey Porter! What time did you say ?
How much longer will it be 'till I can see the light of day ?
When we hit Dixie would ya tell the engineer to ring his bell;
And tell everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and yell.
Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter! Please, go on and get my bags for me,
I don't need nobody to tell me now that I'm in Tennessee.
We're not so far from home, you know, and it's a-getting light outside
This old train is a-puffin' smoke and I have to strain in my eyes
Hey Porter! Hey Porter! Please open up the door.
When they stop this train I'm gonna get off first 'cause I can't wait no more.
Tell the engineer I say,
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Ry Cooder performs "Hey Porter", and this lyric page sits inside the Ry Cooder catalog on LyroVerse.
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