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When You Get Your Ticket

Words and Music by Tom Paxton

When you get your ticket,
Then I’ll know you’re flyin'.
When I say I’m happy,
Then you’ll know I’m lyin'.

I’ll try California,
You try running 'round.
It never worked before babe,
And it ain’t workin’ now.

Like a railroad station,
That’s just what I’ve been.
You rolled up beside me,
Now you’re gone again.

Don’t know where you’re going.
Don’t know what you’ll find.
I don’t mind you going.
Just can’t stand staying behind.

I’ve been askin’ questions.
You will answer none.
How you can love so many,
And I can love but one.

If you miss me sometime,
Miss your man at all,
Just tell the operator,
And I will pay the call.

When you get your ticket,
Then I’ll know you’re flyin'.
When I say I’m happy,
Then you’ll know I’m lyin'.

I’ll try California.
You try running around.
It never worked before babe,
And it ain’t workin’ now.

Thanks to Jiri in the Czech Republic for his work in transcribing this song!

 


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