“Do-Re-Mi” by Colter Wall - Cover

Lot’s of folks back East, they say,
are leavin’ home every day,
Beaton’ that hot ol’ dusty way
to the California line;
crossin’ the dessert sands they roll,
gotta get outta that old dust bowl,
think they’re goin’ to a sugar bowl,
but here’s what they find;
now the police at the port of entry say,
“you’re number fourteen-thousand
for the day,
if you ain’t got that do-re-mi, boys,
if you ain’t got the do-re-mi,
you better go back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee; California is a garden of Eden,
and she’s a paradise to live in or see,
but believe it or not
you won’t find it so hot
if you ain’t got that do-re-mi.
“You want to buy a house or farm?
That can’t do nobody no harm,
take your vacations by the mountains
or the seas;
don’t swap your old cow for a car,
you’re better off staying right where ya are, better take this little tip from me,
cause I look through the want adds every day, and the headlines on the papers always say
‘if you ain’t got the do-re-mi’, boys,
‘if you ain’t got the do-re-mi,
you better go back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee’, California is a garden of Eden,
and she’s a paradise to live in or see,
but believe it or not,
you won’t find it so hot
if you ain’t got that do-re-mi.”