SING A TRAVELING SONG
(Ken Jones)


Johnny Cash - 1969


Hey little girl with tears in your eyes
Don't waste your time now askin' me why
I don't know, I know I'll just be movin' along
You say that home is where my love is at
I say that home is where I hang my head
The time has come to sing a travelin' song

You want a house and a lot of close friends
I love the feel of my back to the wind
The two won't match, you know to cage the wild would be wrong
You think that love is friends, a child and a home
You can't buy love on a twenty year alone
The time has come to sing a travelin' song

Someday where we sat in your old porch swing
A tamer man may offer you a ring
A man that wants his friends and neighbours, a child and a home
Don't waste your tears on love that never could be
What's right for others just ain't right for me
The time has come to sing a travelin' song

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm ............. FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)