Free Born Rambling Man

I never meant to leave her my intentions were to stay

It wasn't nothing she had done or nothing she could say

To change this old familiar feeling that makes chills run through my skin

Less she read my mind and saw the sings that point around the bend

My toothbrush never leaves my pocket there's no anchor on my feet

If my sleepin' bag gets dusty and there's not enough to eat

I may stay an extra day till I find another town

You can bet there's not a lady that can show this freight train down

And I'll be moving in the morning leaving you behind

If anyone should ask you you can tell them they will find

Somebody walking down the highway with a guitar in his hand

And I'll always be remembered as a free born rambling man

[ guitar ]

Lord tell the children when they find me that I died but not in vain

They can find reincarnation in the whistle of a train

And each time they hear the whistle blow through the stillness of the land

They'll know that I was happy as a free born rambling man

And I'll be moving...