David Alan Coe Free Born Rambling Man Lyrics

Free Born Rambling Man Lyrics

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