One Way Ticket

One Way Ticket
By Mark Robinson

I got a one-way ticket, got to leave this town
If I don’t leave Chicago, you know I’m prison-bound
Got a one way-ticket, leaving on a southbound train
Standing at the station, out in the pouring rain

Bad luck and trouble seem to dog me all my days
I swear this is the last time, I got to change my ways
Hear that train a-coming, rumbling down the track
I’ll climb aboard, wave goodbye, and never once look back

chorus:
I got a one-way ticket
I got a one-way ticket
I got a one-way ticket, ain’t comin’ back no more

You said you’d always love me, until the day you die
But then you went and two-timed me and told me all your lies
Loving you is wrong, but I love you just the same
But now I’ve got to leave, ‘cause I can’t play this game

You cheated on me baby, and my life just fell apart
I’ll travel to some distant place and get a brand new start
Standing at the station, trains leave everyday
You hurt me once, you hurt me twice but I’m the one who pays—for that

chorus:
One-way ticket
I got a one-way ticket
I got a one-way ticket, ain’t comin’ back no more