roth david lee eat em and smile tobacco road i was born in a trunk mama died and my daddy got drunk left me here to die alone in the middle of tobacco road growin up rusty shack all i had was hangin from my back only you know how iove this place called tobacco road but it s home the only life i ve ever known only you know how i love tobacco road gonna leave get a job with the help and the grace from above save some money get rich and old bring it back to tobacco road let s get it on tobacco road bring that dynamite and a crane blow it up start all over again build a town be proud to show give the name tobacco road