I was born in the Southland Twenty-some odd years ago I left home for the first time honey When I was four years old I'm a freeborn man Home is on my back I know every inch of highway Every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track I got a lady in Cincinnati A woman in San Anton' I always love the girl next door Honey, every place is home I'm a freeborn man Home is on my back I know every inch of highway Every foot of back road Every mile of railroad track You may not like the way I look You may not like my song You may not like the way I Live You'll love the way I'm gone I'm a freeborn man Home is on my back I know every inch of highway Every foot of back road Every mile of railroad Every mile of railroad Every mile of railroad track