This is the last mornin' that I wake up in this dirty city,
Lookin' for the sunshine as the buildings block the skies.
This is the last mornin' that I wash in rusty water,
Tryin' to shave a face that I don't even recognize.

Down the hallway rats are skit'drin', I can smell the garbage rottin'.
Hear the children cryin' in an apartment down below.
This is the last mornin' that I'm gonna have to listen to it.
I'm goin' home, yeah.

This is the last mornin', that I try to breathe the heavy air,
Fight the crowds, avoid the traffic, watch the world turn gray.
This is the last mornin' that I drink my coffee standin' up,
Smile and speak to strangers who just turn and walk away.

This is a tough, cold city here, and I'll guess I'll never cut it here.
And I'm so tired of tryin' to stand against it all alone.
This is the last mornin' that I'm gonna have to fight it.
I'm goin' home, yeah.

This is the last mornin' that I wear these greasy overalls,
Punch the clock and do just what I'm told to get along.
And face the long evenin', lyin' close beside my radio,
Imagining the kisses of the girl that sings the song.

Down below the subway's screamin' as I lie here halfway dreamin',
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/NhSLookin' at the ceiling, wondering where the dream went wrong.
(Where, where?)
This is the last mornin' that I'm gonna have to think about it.
I'm goin' home, yeah.

I'm goin' home.
(I'm goin' back home now.)
I'm goin' home.
I'm goin' home.

Dum de dum, dum de dum dum dum.
I'm goin' home, baby.

THE LAST MORNIN'
Written by: Shel Silverstein
Performed by: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show1-1972
Appears on: Sloppy Seconds-19722, Ballad of Lucy Jordan-1975, Sylvia's
Mother-1977, Best of Dr. Hook 1980, I Got Stoned & I Missed It: The Best
of Shel Silverstein (from 1971-1979)-2003, Greatest Hits-2004, et al.

1Covered by: Joanne Glasscock-1974, The Dillards-2003, et al.

2Transcribed from the track on this album.

(c)1972 Tro-Essex Music Ltd.