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10 Leroy's Dustbowl Blues
Steve Earle with The Del McCoury Band
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Leroy was a farmer
And an honest man
Would have lived in Oklahoma
All his days
He just wanted left alone
To work a piece of land
But a hard wind come
And blew his dreams away
So he headed for the West Coast
Thought he could not lose
Rollin' down the highway
With the dustbowl blues
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It's a thousand miles
From Broken Bow to Bakersfield
And the highway's paved
With heartaches all the way
Leroy drove on lookin' for a better deal
A place a man could settle down and stay
But the police at the state line
Beat him black and blue
Left him lyin' by the roadside
With the dustbowl blues
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They say California is a paradise
Hollywood turns night time into day
But up along the San Joaquin
Those city lights
Might as well be a million miles away
When your kids are cold and hungry
Wearin' worn out shoes
Standin' in the garden
With the dustbowl blues
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