I'm goin' away
'Cause I got a busted heart
I'm leavin' today
If my Travel all will start
And I reckon where I'm headed
I'm gonna need my different clothes
Way up in Michigan
Where the Laughing River flows

Twenty years in the minor leagues
Ain't no place I didn't go
Well I got a few hits
But I never made the show
And I could hang on for a few years
Doin' what I've done before
I wanna hear the Laughing River
Flowin' right outside my door

Oh and my cousin Ray
He said he's got a job for me
Whеre the houses arе still cheap
And he knows this nice lady
He said she even saw me play once
Said she smiled at my name
Well upon the Laughing River
Could be a whole new game
[Instrumental Break]

Well, it's goodbye to the bus
And it's goodbye to payin' dues
And it's goodbye to the cheers
And it's goodbye to the booze
I'm trading in this old bat
For a fishing pole
I'm gonna let that Laughing River
Flow right into my soul

And I'm goin' away
'Cause I got a busted heart
Well, I'm leavin' today
In my own international travel
And I reckon where I'm headin'
I'm gonna need my different clothes
Way up in Michigan
Where the Laughing River flows