Percy Sledge - Rainbow Road

  I was born a dirt poor man
  All my life I've had hard working hands
  But I sang my song as I carried my load
  Cause I had a dream about rainbow

  Rainbow road

  Then one day a man came along
  Heard me playing and singing my songs
  He bought me clothes and paid up every debt I owed
  Sent me on my way down rainbow

  Rainbow road

  Then one night a man with a knife
  Pushed me till I had to take his life
  Fast as falling all my friends were gone
  That old judge traded me a sentence for a song
  Now I'm living with this ball and chain
  I had to wear a number before they ever heard my name
  And like the dream I'm growing old
  But we still sing about rainbow

  Rainbow road