It's a long and a dusty road It's a hot and a heavy load And the folks that I meet ain't always kind So are bad, some are good Some have done the best they could Some have tried to ease my troubled mind And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound Where I'm bound And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound I have wandered thru this land Just a doing the best I can Tryin to find what I was meant to do And the people that I see Look as worried as can be And it looks like they are a wondering too I had a little girl one time She had lips like Sherry wine I loved her till my head went plumb insane But I was too blind to see She was drifting away from me And my good gal went off on the morning train And I had a buddy back home But he started out to roam I hear he's out by Frisco Bay And sometimes when I've had a few His old voice comes a ringing thru And I'm going out to see him some old day If you see me passing by And you sit and you wonder why And if you wish that you were a rambling too Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor Lace them up and bar the door Thank your stars for the roof that's over you.