Do Re Me

Lots of folks back East, they say

Is leavin' home every day

Beatin' the hot old dusty way

To the California line

'Cross the desert sands they roll

Gettin' out of that old dust bowl

They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl

But here's what they find

Now, the police at the port of entry say

"You're number fourteen thousand for today"

Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks

You ain't got the do re mi

Why you better go back to beautiful Texas

Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee

California is a garden of Eden

A paradise to live in or see

But believe it or not you won't find it so hot

If you ain't got the do re mi

You want to buy you a home or a farm

That can't deal nobody harm

Or take your vacation

By the mountains or sea

Don't swap your old cow for a car

You better stay right where you are

Better take this little tip from me

'Cause I look through the want ads every day

But the headlines on the papers always say

If you ain't got the do re mi, boys

You ain't got the do re mi

Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas

Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee

California is a garden of Eden

A paradise to live in or see

But believe it or not you won't find it so hot

If you ain't got the do re mi