Free Born Rambling Man — текст песни (David Alan Coe)

By: David Allan Coe

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
SIGNS THAT POINT AROUND THE BEND

MY TOOTHBRUSH NEVER LEAVES MY POCKET,
THERE`S NO ANCHOR ON MY FEET
IF MY SLEEPING` BAG GETS DUSTY AND THERE`S NOT ENOUGH TO EAT
I MAY STAY AN EXTRA DAY, `TIL 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

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