Marian Marston sings "I"m going back to where I come from"
I’M GOING BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM (lyrics)
(Jessie Mae Robinson)
Spike Jones & his City Slickers (vocal: Del Porter) - 1944
REVISED VERSION (sung by Marian Marston in 2004)
I'm goin' back to where I come from,
Where the honeysuckle smells so sweet it durn near makes you sick
I used to think my life was hum-drum
But I sure have learned a lesson that is bound to stick
I used to go down to the station
Every evenin' just to watch the Pullman train come rollin' in
And then one night, that great temptation
Got the best of me and led me to a life of sin
I took my hat and fourteen dollars
And I went through all the misery in this world that always follows
When you're rich and a huntin' romance
But my huntin' days are over, I can tell you that
I met a man in Kansas City
An' he looked and asked me if I'd like to step around
Then I said "Yep, that's why I'm here for"
And he said he'd show me some of the hottest spots in town
Now he mentioned things he'd have to fix up
So he took my fourteen dollars, but there must have been a mix up
He's been gone since Thursday evenin'
And I've gotta hunch I'll never see that man no more
When I get old and have a grandchild,
Gonna tell her 'bout my romances and watch her eyes pop out.
But chances are she won't believe me
And she'll do the same darn thing when she grows up, no doubt.
But she can't say I didn't warn her,
For the city sure ain’t no place for a country girl, dog-gone it,
Goin' back to where I come from
Where the mocking bird is singin' in the lilac bush.
[Note: The Song was sung by Marian Marston at the house of Paul & Elsa Wigowsky
in Antioch, California during her visit with Cathy and Joe in the year 2004.]