I beat my way wherever any winds have blown
I've bummed along from Portland down to San Antone
From Shady Hook to Frisco, over plains and hills
For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
I've seen a lot of places where I'd like to stay
I gets to feelin' restless, then I'm on my way
I was never meant for sittin' on my own door sill
For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
I ride wherever the wind blows
I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed

I'm just a wanderin troubador

A song and my guitar is all I need

I've been in rich men's houses and I've been in jail

And when its time for leavin', I just hits the trail

I'm a human bird of passage and the song I trill

Is once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still

Now the sun is sort of coaxin' and the road is clear

And the wind is singin' ballads that I just gotta hear

It ain't no use to argue when you feel the thrill

For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still

I ride wherever the wind blows

I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed
I'm just a wanderin troubador

A song and my guitar is all I need

I ride wherever the wind blows

I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed

I'm just a wanderin troubador

A song and my guitar is all I need

A song and my guitar is all I need