Drugging,
got one chip stashed in,
keep drugging,
like the two dumb men together,
For a blessing light,
just keep truckin' on
Arrows of neon are flashin' like
these out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit,
and it's on the same street
Your typical city involved
in a difficult daydream
Hang it up and see
what tomorrow brings.
Dallas, got a soft machine.
Houston, too close to New Orleans.
New York, got the ways and means,
but just won't let you be.
Most of the cats that you
meet on the streets
speak of true love,
most of the time they're sittin'
and cryin' at home.
One of these days they know
they gotta get goin',
out the door and down to the
street all alone.
Truckin' like the doodah man
Once told me got to play your hand
Sometimes the cards ain't worth a dime
If you don't lay them down
Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Oth er times I can
barely see
Lately, it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been
What in the world ever became
of sweet Jane?
She's lost her sparkle,
you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine,
all a friend can say is,
ain't it a shame?
Truckin' out to Buffalo, been thinking,
you got to mellow slow, takes time,
you pick a place to go,
just keep truckin' on.
I like to get some sleep before I travel,
but if you got a warrant
I guess you're gonna come in.
Busted down a bourbon street.
Set off like a bowling beat.
Knocked down,
he gets to wearing things.
They just won't let you be
You're sick of hangin' around
if you wanna travel
Get tired of travelin'
and you wanna settle down
I guess they can't revoke
your soul for tryin'
Get out of the door,
light up another round
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
Oth er times I can
barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's
been
Truckin', I'm a -goin' home,
whoa, whoa, baby,
back where I belong, back home,
sit down and patch my bones,
and get back truckin' on.
Truckin', I'm a -goin' home,
whoa, whoa, baby,
back where I belong,
back home,
sit down and patch my bones,
and get back truckin', uh -huh,
uh uh uh uh uh uh -huh,
you