Couple years ago I was sitting down
drinking tea with me ma and me pa in town.
They turned to me, said: "Sonny boy,
life is short, life is fast, gotta settle down."
I said: "Ma, Pa, you're talking true,
but I'm never gonna turn out to be like you.
The world is wide and there's so much to see,
from the tops of the mountains to the bottom of the johnny rocking sea."
Everybody’s thinking that freedom’s for the gettin’
if you just get the moment right;
I’m telling you that ain’t true.
It all comes down to you.
You slave a little while and save a little pile
till your heart tells you time to go.
Then you’re up and loving the road,
even if you love it alone.
Back at home in my pretty little town,
where the world is small and safe and sound,
I met the girl who was made for me,
the woman of my dreams, my bride to be.
We were young, one, seventeen,
the moment that my life got a hold of me.
It shook me up and it opened my eyes.
And ever since a boy I been rocking the skies.
Everybody’s thinking that freedom’s for the gettin’
if you just get the moment right;
I’m telling you that ain’t true.
It all comes down to you.
You slave a little while and save a little pile
till your heart tells you time to go.
Then you’re up and loving the road,
even if you love it alone.
I been around the world, it’s plain to see
there’s a lotta roamin’ folk who are a lot like me.
They’re up in the skies or walking the road,
dreaming of a home just to shrug the load.
There’s a lotta other folk who’re not like me,
dreaming of a home where they’ll just be free.
With broken hearts and scars to bear,
There's is a world that just don't care.
Everybody’s thinking that freedom’s for the gettin’
if you just get the moment right;
I’m telling you that ain’t true.
It all comes down to you.
You slave a little while and save a little pile
till your heart tells you time to go.
Then you’re up and loving the road,
even if you love it alone.