I'm headin' southbound,
long way to go
Down to where the weather
is gonna suit my clothes
Police can't catch me
Lord how they try...
They always miss me when I'm passin' by,
I'm passin' by...
I threw all my things in a vacant lot
Down one lost dollar boy,
and that is all I got...
Well I found all my friends
just so I could say good bye
I couldn't hold it down,
good God how I tried...
Some got religion,
and they just can't win...
Well I take to hard drinkin',
and I push my feelings in...
I'm leaving town and all
the people that I know...
I'm drunk as hell tonight,
and that freight train's my home...
I'm headin' southbound,
long way to go
Down to where the weather
is gonna suit my clothes
Police can't catch me
Lord how they try...
They always miss me when I'm passin' by,
I'm passin' by...
Rain's pourin' hard
makes those steel rails shine
900 more miles and I'll be doin' just fine
If the moon and the stars
are the only shelter that I know...
I guess I got this whole world
and you to call my home
to call my home....