Ramblin’ Man

Old man said I was a dreamer

One day I would fall

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

No one would hear my call

So I packed my bags and I headed out

Destination unknown

Hopped on board a freight train

To live the life of a rolling stone

I’m a ramblin’ man

I’m a ramblin’ man

I’m a ramblin’ man

I’m a ramblin’ man

I was spellbound those city lights

The likes I never seen before

I was hypnotised and I fantasised

What was behind every door

Yeah I made it to the apple

I made it at red hook

Paradise in a bed of lies

But that was the chance I took

I’m a gamblin’ man

I’m a ramblin’ man

I’m a gamblin’ man

I’m a ramblin man’

Now the fires are burnin’

Down at the Hudson Yard

You know Winter came

On an eastbound train

And the rain is fallin’ hard

I’m a ramblin’ man

I’m a rambling ‘man

Well I swallowed my pride

With a kick inside

And I was gone

Like the winds that blow,

Like the rivers flow

On and on

On and on

I’m a ramblin man

On and on

I’m a ramblin man

Like a good man gone

I’m a ramblin man

Like a good man gone

I’m a ramblin man

© Patrick Silke, Ned Costello