I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
And that leavin's
Gonna get me down
Back in nineteen fourty four
I remember daddy
Walking out the door
Mama told me
He was going to war
He was leaving
Leavin', leavin'
Leavin', leavin' me...
Now I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
And that leavin's
Gonna get me down
When I was a boy
I spent my time
Sitting on the banks
Of the river thyme
Watching all the ships
Going down the line
They were leavin'
Leavin', leavin'
Leavin', leavin' me...
Now I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
And that leavin's
Gonna get me down
Last week
Mama passed away
Goodbye, son
Is all she'd say
There's no call
For me to stay
So I'm leavin'
Leavin', leavin'
Leavin', leavin' free...
Now I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
And that leavin's
Gonna get me
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
I've gotta leave
Ol' durham town
And that leaving'
Gonna get me down
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la....
