I was born in the Southland 
 Twenty some odd years ago 
 I ran away for the first time 
 When I was four years old. 
    I'm a free-born man 
 My home is on my back 
 I know every inch of highway 
 Every foot of back road every mile of railroad track   
 I got a gal in Cincinnati 
 Got a women in San Antone 
 I always love the girl next door 
 But anyplace is home.   
 I got me a worn out guitar 
 I carry an old tote sack 
 I hocked it about two hundred times 
 But I always get 1 back   
 Well you may not like my appearance 
 You may not like my song 
 You may not like the way I talk 
 But you like the way I'm gone