I've sat in the shade of an old
apple orchard and watched the big trucks rolling by
I've shared a grape soda
with a man from
Dakota and seen a
June bug in
July.
I'm a drifter, I'm a loner,
and I've seen every village and town.
I've passed by here, and I'll die here,
and some stranger will lower me down.
I've envied the ships that sail out of your
harbors and shared silent thoughts
with your children an d barbers sung to
the stars while a jukebox was playing
fought back the tears that come when I'm
saying I'm a drifter I'm a loner an d
I've seen every village and town I've
passed by here and I'll die here and
And some stranger will lower me down I've
played basketball through the hoop of
a barrel
And struggled to learn how to swim
Though I once was a baby,
sometimes I think maybe
I only pretend I was him I'm a drifter,
I'm a loner
And I've seen every village and town
I've passed by here,
and I'll die here and some stranger will lower me down
I've made love in your city to the poor and the
pretty and thought myself lucky and smart
And ended up lonely with nothing but
only a song and a half of a heart.
I'm a drifter, I'm a loner,
and I've seen every village and town.
I've passed by here, and I'll die here,
and some stranger will lower me down.
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