OMAHA
(Billy Joe Shaver / Hillman Hall)

Waylon Jennings - 1973
Tex Ritter - 1974
The Everly Brothers - 1977



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

Omaha, Nebraska wasn't good enough for me
Always thought I was the roamin' kind
With a pocket full of dreams and my one shirt on my back
I left there looking for some things to find

Rode my thumb to San Francisco, I worked down by the bay
Got some schoolin' paid for 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 have to crawl
I've got some loose ends layin' round that I left undone
Waitin' there for me in Omaha

Omaha, you've been weighin' heavy on my mind
I guess I never really left at all
I'm turnin' all those roads I walked around the other way
I'm coming back to you, Omaha



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2010)