A Hobo's Tale

A Hobos Tale

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1. I travelled this country from it's north to it's south

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From the west to the east with, no stop and no pause

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Saw New York, California, Detroit, Buffalo

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But where ever I went, there was no place to go

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I'm riding the railway, I'm a hobo they say

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No paper, no money and no place to stay

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I'm jumping the freight trains, going from here to there

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Need no ticket or passport and I don't pay no fare

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Ref.: The trains take me away, though I've nowhere to go

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Will I ever arrive, please don't ask I don't know

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Tomorrow was lost such a long time ago (long)

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The trains take me away, though I've nowhere to go

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2. In the rain the boxcar roof is no place to be

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So under the carriage I'm hiding you see

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Sure have to be careful, if I fall I am dead

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I'll be smashed into pieces, it's as simple as that

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I don't have much to live for, but I don't want to die

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I just try to hang on while the days pass me by

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Where I will be tomorrow, I don't know, I can't say

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I'll just jump the next train and it takes me away

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2. But one day all my travels will come to an end

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Play to long and you're sure to be dealt one losing hand

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Railway man, out to get me, ties a tool to a string

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Sends it under the train, where I will hear it sing

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Ding, ding, sings the metal as it jumps up and down

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Bangs under the carriage and falls back to the ground

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Will come closer and closer, will hit me in the head

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And the trains silver wheels will make sure that I'm dead