Wilderspool Causeway

Eight years ago, I rewrote the lyrics to Johnny Cash’s ‘Wanted Man’ so that it was based in Brentford (https://footballpoets.org/poems/wanted-man-at-hounslow-central/). I have now written my own version of ‘I’ve Been Everywhere.’ Please don’t unsubscribe if not a Johnny Cash fan – once every 8 years only!

I was totin’ my Wild Bean among the garages and tyre shacks of the A329
when along came a lorry with a Man Utd badge, stars and bars
and Teletubby strapped into the passenger’s side.
He said ‘If you’re going to Theale or Thatcham lad, with me you can ride’
I said ‘I’m not sure about the decor in here’
but with a croissant and a sausage bap, I stepped inside.
He asked me if I’d seen a road with so many MOT guys
I said ‘Listen, I’ve travelled every road in this here land’

I’ve been everywhere man
I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve crossed the M3 bare times
I’ve breathed the Midlands air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere

I’ve been to Horsham, Hersham, Feltham, West Drayton
Warfield, Twyford, Nettlebed, Remenham
Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Studland
Cowbridge, Stockport, Birkenhead, Loughborough
Loudwater, Lightwater, Freshwater, Carlisle
Skegness, Foulness, Southwold, Rye Harbour

Penrith, Shoreditch, Tenby, Pontardawe
Peterborough, Cross Hands, Kings Lynn, Market Harborough

I’ve been everywhere man
I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve crossed the M3 bare times
I’ve breathed the Midlands air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere

I’ve been to Cambridge, St Alban’s, Leicester, Shottesbrooke
Stoke-on-Trent, Ammanford, Burnley, Blackpool
Bere Island, Spike Island, Sheringham, Canvey Island
Netley Abbey, Milton Abbey, Waltham Abbey, Blandford Forum
Middle Green, Fulmer, Burnham, Langley Corner
Jersey, Eastleigh, Dundee, Isles of Scilly

Southend, Cane End, Touchen-end, Land’s End
Stirling, Ipswich, Camberwell, Swansea

I’ve been everywhere man
I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve crossed the M3 bare times
I’ve breathed the Midlands air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere

I’ve been to Exmoor, Dartmoor, Burry Port, Pangbourne
Didsbury, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Dronfield
Burton, Bristol, Barnstaple, Chelmsford
Winchester, Walsall, Solihull, Hemel Hempstead
Liverpool, Sheffield, Southsea, Edinburgh
Newbury, Builth Wells, Preston, Bridport

Winchelsea, Bexhill, Dungeness, Hastings
Roath Park, Hyde Park, Stanley Park, Jamaica Inn

I’ve been everywhere man
I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve crossed the M3 bare times
I’ve been to Bolton six times
I’ve breathed the Midlands air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere