Free and easy, that's my style

Howdy-do me, watch me smile

Fare-thee-well me after a while

'Cause I gotta roam

And any place I hang my hat is home



Sweetenin' water, cherry wine

Thank you kindly, suits me fine

Kansas City, Caroline

That's my honeycomb

'Cause any place I hang my hat is home



Birds roostin' in a tree

Pick up and go, and the goin' proves

That's how it oughta be

I pick up too when the spirit moves me



SAXOPHONE SOLO



Cross the river, 'round the bend

Howdy stranger, so long friend

There's a voice in the lonesome wind

That keeps whisp'ring, "Roam!"

I'm going where a welcome mat is

No matter where that is

'Cause any place I hang my hat is home