Omaha Songtext
von Waylon Jennings

(Billy Joe Shaver - Hillman Hall)

Omaha you′ve been weighin' heavy on my mind
Guess I never really left it all
I′m turnin' all those roads I walked around the other way
Coming back to you Omaha.

Omaha, Nebraska was that good enough for me
Always thought I was the roamin' kind
With the pockets full of dreams in my worn shirt on my back
I left there looking for some things to find.


Rode my thumb to San Francisco I worked down by the bank
Got some schoolin′ faithful by the law
The hardest thing I learned there was there ain′t no easy way
To get ahead behind those county walls.

So it's so long California reckon I′ll be a movin' on
I′m leavin' even if I had to crawl
I′ve got some losin's laying round
That I left them burn waitin' there for me in Omaha.

Omaha you′ve been weighin′ heavy on my mind
Guess I never really left it all
I'm turnin′ all those roads I walked around the other way
Coming back to you Omaha.

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