Heading out on my way to nowhere just a traveling man Hitching rides along the highway from whoever I can Gotta stop someplace somewhere and put some leather on my shoes They're the only pair that get me there any horizon that I choose I know when the cold wind blows my coat will keep me warm I've got no woman's love to call my own I saw you lying there a cast-off from another man So I picked you up took you home and home is on my back
Lonely hobo lullaby is my song Lonely hobo lullaby gets me along My shoes my coat my jeans and anything else I own We're a family without a tree no roots to hold us down Heading out on my way to nowhere just a traveling man Hitching rides along the highway from whoever I can Gotta stop someplace somewhere and put some leather on my shoes They're the only pair that get me there any horizon that I choose