Langston Hughes - One-Way Ticket lyrics

I pick up my life And take it with me And I put it down in Chicago, Detroit Buffalo, Scranton Any place that is North and East- And not Dixie I pick up my life And take it on the train To Los Angeles, Bakersfield. Seattle, Oakland, Salk Lake. Any place that is North and West- And not South. I am fed up With Jim Crow laws, People who are cruel And afraid. Who lynch and run, Who are scared of me And me of them I pick up my life And take it away On a one-way ticket- Gone up North, Gone out West, Gone!