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Alone And Broke In Birmingham

Biography:

Cal Smith (born April 7, 1932) is an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hit "Country Bumpkin."

Career
He was born with the name Calvin Grant Shofner on April 7, 1932, in Gans, Oklahoma, and was raised in Oakland California. He began his music career performing at the Remember Me Cafe in San Francisco at the age of fifteen, but he was not financially successful at first. Throughout the 1950s, he was not able to continue his music career, so he worked at various other jobs, including truck driving and bronco busting.

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Nobody knows how blue I am

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Alone and broke in Birmingham

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Washin' dishes for a bite to eat

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Sleepin' nights on a rundown street

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My only shoes are paper thin

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I’ve hawked my clothes everywhere I've been

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I’m down to nothin' and here I am

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Alone and broke in Birmingham

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Why did I leave a good home town

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To ride the freights and bum around

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The girl that's waiting is mighty sweet

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But I can't wait till I'm on my feet

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Down on my luck but I still got my pride

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Can't find a job but oh how I've tried

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Ain't got the price of a telegram

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Alone and broke in Birmingham

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I've heard a thousand no's and they all hurt

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Who wants a man in a dirty shirt

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I can't keep going with this heavy load

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Sometimes I think it's the end of the road

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A man's got hope though he's not got a dime

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He keeps a livin' just a breath at a time

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I can't wait till I'm out of this jam

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Alone and broke in Birmingham

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Alone and broke in Birmingham