Twenty-Five Miles

Album: Twenty-Five Miles (1969)
Charted: 36 6
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  • Come on, feet, start moving
    Got to get me there
    Hey, hey
    Uh-huh, huh, huh, huh, oh
    Uh-huh, huh, huh, huh, yeah
    Oh

    Twenty-five miles from home, girl
    My feet are hurting mighty bad
    Now, I've been walking for three days and two lonely nights
    You know that I'm mighty mad, huh

    But I got a woman waiting for me
    That's gonna make this trip worthwhile
    You see she's got the kind of loving and a kissing
    A-make a man go stone wild

    So I got to keep on walking, mm-hmm, huh
    I got to walk on, oh, ho, ho
    (I-i, I-I, I, I, I) I'm so tired
    (I-i, I-I, I, I, I) but I just can't lose my stride

    I got fifteen miles to go now
    And I can hear my baby calling my name
    It's as if as though I'm standing at her front door
    I can hear her, that's doggone plain

    Now I'll be so glad to see my baby
    And hold her in my arms one more time, huh
    Now when I kiss her lips, I turn a back over flip
    And I forget about these feet of mine

    I got to keep on walking, hey, ooh
    I got to walk on, let me tell, y'all
    (I-i, I-I, I, I, I) I'm so tired, huh
    (I-i, step on, keep on steepin') but I just can't lose my stride

    Come on, feet, don't fail me now (come on, feet, don't stop)
    I got ten more miles to go (ten more miles)
    I got nine (step on, step on)
    Eight (step on, step on)
    Seven (step on, step on)
    Six, six, six (step on, step on)

    I got five more miles to go, now
    Over the hill, just around the bend, huh
    Although my feet are tired, I can't lose my stride
    I got to get to my baby again

    I got to keep on walking, mm-hmm, hey
    I got to walk on, please let me ya, y'all
    (I-i, I-I, I, I, I) I'm so tired, huh
    (I-i, step on, keep on steepin') but I just can't lose my stride

    (Walking) yeah, huh
    I got to walk on, let me ya, y'all
    (I-i, I-I, I, I, I) I see, my baby just across the bend
    (I-i, step on, keep on steepin')

    (Walking) hey, hey now
    I got to walk on, let me tell ya, y'all, gotta say
    (I-i, I-I, I, I, I) I been steppin' since the sun came up Writer/s: Bert Berns, Bert Russell, Edwin Starr, Gerald Wexler, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny William Bristol
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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