End Of My Line (aka End Of The Line)
Words and music Woody Guthrie

Released on Columbia River Collection (1988) and The Asch Recordings Vol. 1: This Land Is Your Land (1997)

Intro:

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Back in nineteen thirty-three,
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Livin' in the dust was a killin' me.

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Back in nineteen thirty-four,
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The Dust it rolled and blowed some more.

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‘Long come nineteen thirty-five,
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Blowed my crops about nine mile high.


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‘Long about nineteen thirty-six,
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Me and my woman in a devil of a fix
Me and my woman in a devil of a fix,
Me and my woman in a devil of a fix.


‘Long about nineteen thirty-nine
We fanned our tails to the Orgegon line.
Fanned our tail to the Oregon line.
Fanned our tail  to the Oregon line.


We got a-hold of a piece of land,
Fifteen miles from the Coulee dam.
Fifteen miles from the Coulee dam,
Fifteen miles from the Coulee dam.

Now the Coulee dam is a sight to see,
Makes this a' e-lec-a-tric-i-tee.
Makes this a' e-lec-a-tric-i-tee,
Makes this a' e-lec-a-tric-i-tee.

Well Oregon state is mighty fine,
If you're hooked on to the power line
But there just ain't no country extra fine.
If you're just a mile from the end o' the line.

Milk my cows and turn my stone,
Till the big Grand Coullee comes along.

My eyes is crossed, my back is a cramp,
Tryin' to read my bible by my coal-oil lamp.
Tryin' to read my bible by my coal-oil lamp.
Tryin' to read my bible by my coal-oil lamp.

I guess I come to the end of the line,
I guess I come to the end of the line.
I guess I come to the end of the line,
I guess I come to the end of the line.

Ain't no country extra fine,
If you a mile from the end o' the line.
Ain't no country extra fine,
If you ain't on to the power line.

I guess I come to the end of the line,
I guess I come to the end of the line.
I guess I come to the end of the line,
I guess I come to the end of the line.