Released: December 21, 1973
Songwriter: Gary Richrath
Producer: Bill Halverson
Hometown lady, leavin' for the city
Bags in hand, she's boardin' the train
Her last look through the window, I saw her eyes were as red as mine
I waved goodbye but I can't believe she's leaving
But a woman can't be high-class
In a lonely farmer's town
And the son of a poor man
Ain't gonna turn your head around
But if you ever get lonely
Just pick up the telephone
And the son of a poor man will bring you home
Maybe soon I'll see her on some television show
Painted lips and fingers singing for the world
A fashion plate for sure dancin' for your plastic world
Call me up if you can but if not well I'll understand
But a woman can't be high-class
In a lonely farmer's town
And the son of a poor man
Ain't gonna turn your head around
But if you ever get lonely
Just pick up the telephone
And the son of a poor man will bring you home
Bags in hand, she's boardin' the train
Her last look through the window, I saw her eyes were as red as mine
I waved goodbye but I can't believe she's leaving
But a woman can't be high-class
In a lonely farmer's town
And the son of a poor man
Ain't gonna turn your head around
But if you ever get lonely
Just pick up the telephone
And the son of a poor man will bring you home
Maybe soon I'll see her on some television show
Painted lips and fingers singing for the world
A fashion plate for sure dancin' for your plastic world
Call me up if you can but if not well I'll understand
But a woman can't be high-class
In a lonely farmer's town
And the son of a poor man
Ain't gonna turn your head around
But if you ever get lonely
Just pick up the telephone
And the son of a poor man will bring you home
A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980
- Golden Country
- Like You Do [Live]
- Sophisticated Lady
- Ridin’ the Storm Out [Live]
- Keep Pushin’
- Breakaway
- Roll with the Changes
- (I Believe) Our Time is Gonna Come
- Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight
- Back on the Road Again
- Only the Strong Survive
- Time for Me to Fly
- Flying Turkey Trot
- Son of a Poor Man
- Lost in a Dream
- Lightning
- Music Man
- Reelin’
- 157 Riverside Avenue [Live]
- Ridin’ the Storm Out (1973)
- A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 (1980)
- The Essential REO Speedwagon (2004)
- Can’t Fight This Feeling
- Keep on Loving You
- Take It on the Run
- Roll with the Changes
- Time for Me to Fly
- Ridin’ the Storm Out
- In My Dreams
- Tough Guys
- Down by the Dam
- ’Til the Rivers Run Dry
- (Only A) Summer Love
- Dead at Last
- Heavy on Your Love
- All Heaven Broke Loose
- Give Me a Ride (Roller Coaster)
- Another Lifetime
- They’re on the Road
- Any Kind of Love
- Only the Strong Survive
- One Too Many Girlfriends
- Back on the Road Again
- Shakin’ It Loose
- You Won’t See Me
- Screams and Whispers