Ain't got no electricity

But that’s just where I wanna be

Three miles south of Cash and Arkansas

General store & a cotton tin

A little hotel my pack is in

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas

But my girl she, don’t wait for me (all aboard)

All the boys are happy darn,

Much hospitality

Ain’t no use for a telephone

No-one ever says I’m home

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas

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Kin folk here, young uns here

Grannies in her rockin’ chair

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas

Sonny go meet the supper on the ground

Maidson fever buzzing around

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas

But I don’t care, what happens there

I ain’t a going back,

Because I ain’t got the railroad fare

Brother in a harlem, sister on the hill

Feel poor and I always will

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas

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Ain't got no electricity

But that’s just where I wanna be

Three miles south of Cash and Arkansas

General store & a cotton tin

A little hotel my pack is in

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas

But my girl she, don’t wait for me (all aboard)

All the boys are happy darn,

Much hospitality

Ain’t no use for a telephone

No-one ever says I’m home

Three miles south of Cash & Arkansas