Take me to the doctor
My heart is in my feet
From circles I have walked
Along her street
The world is on my shoulders
She put it here today
She said good luck
She said goodbye, her liberated ways
So give me medicine please
To ease my aching heartache
And a cure for any disease
If it helps me forget her name
Ah, it's no use to fool myself
I love her part of town
Ah, but when I looked up her dream alley
She drove me down...
Her dream alley looked so fine
Till she hung me on that line
All my dreams were never mine
Send me outta Birmingham
By train or bus or plane
I have nothing to lose
And no one left to blame
You see my college education
Got me the third degree
Well I'm going back to sing in Tennessee
So give me medicine please
To ease my aching heartache
And a cure for any disease
If it helps me forget her name
Ah, it's no use to fool myself
I love her part of town
Ah, but when I looked up her dream alley
She drove me down...
Her dream alley looked so fine
Till she hung me on that line
All my dreams were never mine