Anywhere But Here Song Lyrics and Chords by Sammy Kershaw
Anywhere But Here
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Bob DiPiero, Buddy Cannon, John S. Sherrill
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Hey mister what time does the next bus
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leave
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I'm a party of one out of
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Tennessee
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won't be back for a long long
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while
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Give you eighty-five dollars to the
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highway
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mile
I ain't
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got no luggage as you can see
Just a
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whole lot of heavy
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memor
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ies
I was finally up for just a
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settling
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down
When I found out she'd been a
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fooling
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around
Ah you can
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send me north you can send me south
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Just don't send me
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past my
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house
Don't ask me where I'm going cause I don't
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care
I want a
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ticket that'll take me any
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where but
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here
A ticket that'll take me any
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where but
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here
Well I hear it's cold up in Saska
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toon
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But it couldn't be colder than our
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bedroom
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skies are blue down in Ala
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bam
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But they won't be any bluer
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than I
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am
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Anywhere But Here?
- The song Anywhere But Here was sang by Sammy Kershaw.
Who is Sammy Kershaw?
- Samuel Paul Kershaw (born February 24, 1958) is an American country music artist. He has released 16 studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than 25 singles have entered Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including his only number one hit "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and 10 more Top 10 hits: "Cadillac Style", "Anywhere but Here", "Haunted Heart", "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer", "I Can't Reach Her Anymore", "National Working Woman's Holiday", "Third Rate Romance", "Meant to Be", "Vidalia", and "Love of My Life".
Kershaw tried to enter politics, running as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 2007 and 2010. In 2007 he finished third in the jungle primary, but Democrat Mitch Landrieu won strongly in the general election. In 2010 he carried more parishes than any other candidate, but placed third. He endorsed Republican Jay Dardenne, Secretary of State, for the position, who won the general election.
Kershaw has been married five times, most recently to country music star Lorrie Morgan.
