[Intro]
('Cause I've got!)

[Verse 1]
Working on the road
Across this great big world
Yeah, I've been rolling like a stone
I never get back home
Yes, I've been long-gone
Boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Verse 2]
I've been across the ocean
To the south sea isles
Yeah, I travelled to the east and west
For miles and miles and miles
And I've been long-gone
Boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Chorus]
Across the world (Across the world)
People and places (People and places)
Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)
But with a different name

[Verse 3]
Oh, I wouldn't change the things
I'd do for anything
But I'd just like to hear the message
Of the streets again
Give me a ticket
'Cause boy, I've got the Birmingham blues
[Verse 4]
It may be kind of homely
But it sure is sweet
Industrial Revolution
Put it on its feet
But it's a long, long way
Boy, I've got the Birmingham blues

[Chorus]
Across the world, I've seen (Across the world)
People and places (People and places)
Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)
But with a different name

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
I'll go and stay a while
And all the folks I meet
They say, "You won't stay long
You got them travelin' feet
You'll soon be long-gone
'Cause boy, you've got the rest of the world blues"

[Chorus]
(Across the world) Across the world, I've seen
(People and places) People and places
(Everywhere I've been) Don't you know it could be the same?
But with a different name
(Across the world)
People and places (People and places)
(Everywhere I've been)
Across the world, I've seen (Across the world)
People and places (People and places)
Could be the same (Everywhere I've been)
But you know, it's got a different name
[Outro]
(Across the world)
(People and places)
(Everywhere I've been)...