(Get outta town Get outta town Get outta town Get out now) Get outta town, get outta town This town's sick of me hanging around I drifted through my life , I drifted through town But when I left this wife, this was the road that I found All of my life, everyday Alone on the road, I don't know my way I just stay, make a mess, I never clean up 'Cause I'm movin' on, alone on the road Drifters raus, get out of the house When they start to shout, I know to raus Drifters raus, get outta the house Get outta the house (Get outta town Get outta town Get out now) I was stopped by the Mounties in the very next county They knew nothing about me, so they chose to doubt me A vagrancy charge would make my life really hard So to stay out of jail, I took this job So I worked on a farm for six months or more I worked in the dust and I worked in the storm
Tripped over a lantern late one night in the barn Couldn't pump enough water to save that old man's farm Drifters raus, get out of the house When they start to shout, I know to raus Drifters raus, get outta the house Get outta the house (Get outta town Get outta town Get out now) I don't wipe my feet and I never unpack When I'm leaving here, I'm never comin' back I never count the checks that I bounce By the time that they're found, I'm headed south To the next little town, where I throw it down Have it my way or I hit the highway 'Cause I got a name and I got a song And I couldn't care if I'm playin' it wrong Drifters raus, get out of the house When they start to shout, I know to raus Drifters raus, get outta the house I told my horse to whoa, but they said "drifters raus"