On My Way Lyrics - Phil Ochs

Well, sometimes I am happy, sometimes sad 

Thinkin' of the good times I have had 

Thinkin' of the places I have been 

Sometimes down, sometimes up, sometimes in 

On my way to another workin' day 

On my way and I wish that I could stay 

On my way but I have no time to play 

And I hope that I will see you on my way 

And I got me a job in Buffalo 

And it's cold when those chilly lake winds blow 

And it's hot when the steel furnace glows 

It was dirty when the steel smoke rose 

On my way 

Well, then California called me for a while 

And the sun was shinin' every single mile 

It was gettin' so darned crowded I could cry 

Crossin' land and sea and fallin' from the sky 

And I've been all along the Southern shore 

And the people there were lookin' mighty poor 

They were waitin' for the factories to arrive 

And some of them were fightin' to survive 

Yes, I've been all up and down the line 

But somehow my money stayed behind 

A good payin' job is hard to find 

And the graveyard's lookin' for another sign 

On my way to another workin' day 

On my way and I wish that I could stay 

On my way but I have no time to play 

And I hope that I will see you on my way