Got an old slatch hat, got my roll on my shoulder. I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please. Just a bummin' around. . I got a million friends don't feel any older.
This ol' rig that I'm drivin' ain't the sharpest on the road. These ol' bulls that I'm haulin' ain't perfumed. But if it wasn't for a lot of those truck drivers just like me.
How many roads must a man walk down. Before they call him a man?. How many seas must a white dove sail. Before she sleeps in the sand?. . And how many times must the cannonballs fly.
Please help the working man bless them machines. They don't need me anymore for I need them bread and beans. Well hear me talkin' to you I need them bread and beans.
(Big ole house around me). Hey big ole house around me I hear you cryin' I know how you feel I'm cryin' too. She's gone for good but we will stay togother.
From a hill I look down at the lights of a town that lured me and trapped me a while. But I broke away now I'm on my way so happy carefree like a child.
Yes I know that I'm about to lose you cause someone else is always on your mind. Why must I have to give you up and give my heart up too. For a love that came along before my time.
The man who preached the funeral. Said it really was a simple way to die. He laid down to rest one afternoon. And never opened up his eyes. . They hired me and Fred and Joe.
I see the bad moon rising. I see trouble all the way. I see earthquakes and lightening. I see bad times today. . Don't fool around tonight. Well, it's bound to take your life.
Got my heart patched up my goodnight sleep and my dancin' slippers on. I'm diggin' up where I left off when lovin' you went wrong. You'll notice I'm all smiles again and out of hibernation.
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces). Since you left me and you said goodbye. (I'm in pieces, bits and pieces). All I do is sit and cry. . (I'm in pieces, bits and pieces).
Its right that I should care about you. And try to make you happy when youre blue. Its right, its right to feel the way I do. Because, because I love you.
The man in the bed isn't me. Now I slipped out the door and I'm runnin' free. Young and wild like I'll always be. But the man in the bed isn't me. . And these tremblin' hands, they're not mine.
Blackjack David came a-ridin through the wood. Singin so loud and merry. His voice was a-ringin through the green, green fields. And he spied a fair-haired maiden.
Baby black sky, black sky is all I see. Yeah, baby black sky, black sky is all I see. Please stand beside me baby. Shine your light for me. . Well, I been all around the world, aint nothin I aint seen.
There's a black-haired girl. Sittin' behind the bullet-proof glass. And she takes my money. Before I go and pump some gas. . As the cold rain falls on the parking lot.
All my rooms are filled with musty dust. Time has taken all that I possess. I never know if to laugh or to scream. To hate or to believe. . How could you walk across that broken bridge.
I met a Lot of bad guys. Along the way. They made their's momma's sad. They'd cry all night and day. . I met a Lot of bad guys. Along the way. Too Young to be apart.
This is the last time I'll see your smile. And it seems like Heaven so divine. Of course you wonder, wonder why. So make it look good then decide. . No tin cans tied back of car.
(intro). You know I need you bad. Mama said that you're no good for me. (verse). If i was your man would you hang me up. or would you just, throw me down.