Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time

Born to lose a drifter that's me

He can travel travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong

Oh baby you don't know my mind today

I've heard the music of the rails slept in every dirty old jail

Now life's too short for you to worry me

When I find that I can win I'll be checkin' out again

Oh baby you don't know my mind today

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Been a hobo and a tramp my soul has done then stamped

And the things I know I've learned a hard hard way

You think I'm sweet and kind I can love a thousand times

Little baby you don't know my mind today

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time

I've travelled fast on the hard road you say

You can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong

Little baby you don't know my mind today

Honey baby you don't know my mind today