Stompin' Tom Connors - I've Been Everywhere Lyrics
(Spoken)This here next song is the story, about the fella that was hitchhikin'Away down in Southern Nevada, along came this big long truckLoaded down with potatoes. And the trucker put on the air brakes andPulled over to the side, and said "Jump in son, throw in your bag, an'The one your carrin', an' he said "where all ya been son?"Well he said "I've Been Everywhere Man"And that's the name of this one.I was hitchhiking down along, The dusty Winemaca roadWhen along came a transport truck with High and canvas covered loadIf you're going to Winemaca MackWith me you can rideI climed into the cabAnd then I settled down insideHe asked me if I seen a roadWith so much dust and sandI said listen bud I've travelledEvery road in this here land.I've been everywhere manI've ben everywhere manCross the deserts bare manI've breathed the mountain air manOf travel I've had my shareMan I've been everywhereWhere ya been he says?Oh let me see now, a couple of placesI've been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo MinnesotaBuffalo, Toronto, Winslow, South DakotaWichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, OklahomaTampa. Panama, Mattawa, La PalomaDurango, Baltimore, Salvador, AmarilloTocopilla, Barranquilla and Padilla I'm a killerI've been everywhere manI've ben everywhere manCross the deserts bare manI've breathed the mountain air manI've travelled, I've done my share man,I've been everywhereIs that right? he says after a long pauseAnd I saysBoston, Charleston, Dayton, LouisianaWashington, Houston, Kingston, TexarkanaMonterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, TallapoosaGlen Rock, Black Rock, Oskaloosa.Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit LakeGrand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake.I've been everywhere manI've ben everywhere manCross the deserts bare manI've breathed the mountain air manI've travelled, I've done my share man,I've been everywhereThis truck driver turned around to me againAnd said " Look buddy, If you ain't Hank Snow, don't you ever shut up?"And I saysLouisville, Nashville, Knoxville, OmahaNew York, New Port, Costa Rica, UtahMontreal, Springfield, Bakersfield, ShreveportHackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, DavenportIdaho, Mexico, Argentina, DiamontinaPasadena, Catalina, see what I mean Jack!I've been everywhere manI've ben everywhere manCross the deserts bare manI've breathed the mountain air manI've travelled, I've done my share man,I've been everywhereNow this truck driver again turned around to meAnd said "Look it here buddy, I'm kinda gettin' sick and tiredOf you talkin' about all these United States cities and towns. I'm a CanadianTruck driver and I want to here alittle bit of the North Country for a change."Well I said there's always North Bay and headin' up to Northern OntarioTo places likeTemogami, New New Liskeard, Haileybury, Cobalt, TimminsAnsonville, Kirkland Lake, Cochrane, KapuskasingHearst, Geralton, Beardmore and the Lake HeadAnd headin' form Nipigon down 17Into Scriber, Marathon, White River, Wawa and Sault. St. MarieHeadin' east from the Sault on 17To Thessalon, Blind River, Elliot Lake, Manitoulin IslandEspanola, Sudbury, Cache Bay, Sturgeon FallsAnd Back to North BayHeadin' down south now number 11To Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Orillia, BarrieAurora, Newmarket, and ever StoffvilleAnd even that other town we all know well called TorontoOhhh Haliburton, Colorado, WinnipegEllensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, EldoradoLarrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, VancouverChaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika.Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas CityCedar City, Dodge City, what a pity.I've been everywhere manI've ben everywhere manCross the deserts bare manI've breathed the mountain air manI've travelled, I've done my share man,I've been everywhereWell this truck driver looked at me againAnd he said "Don't you know nothin' about the Maritimes at all buddy?"He had the oddasity to ask me, 'course you NewfounlandersWouldn't understand that word. That's a big word I learned inSkinner's Pond school, Prince Edward IslandDidn't really mean that you know, but I had to say it anyhowYeah he says, "Don't you know nothin' about the Maritimes?I said "Look buddy, I can tell buy the big spuds on the back of your rigYou must be a spud picker from Prince Edward IslandI can tell ya that much about the Maritimes."You must be friends with, them there Blue Nosers from Nova ScotiaAnd the New Brunswick Harring ChokersNot to metion anything, of course about them Squid Jiggin' ladsFrom Over Newfoundland.An' the run of the towns in the Maritimes goes like this buddy,There's Moncton, Chatam, Saint John, CamaltonGrand Falls, Sacland, New Castle, FredrictonCharlottetown, Summerside, Glasby, AnnapolisSpringhill, Sydney, New Glasgow, AntigonistWindsor, Torrold, Gander, Bona Vista, Saint John'sQuartervast and MinsterI've been everywhere manI've ben everywhere manCross the deserts bare manI've breathed the mountain air manBut there's just one place I haven't beenTramp on the gas and roar manSoon we're gonna be there manSoon we're gonna be there
