Hobo In My Mind

Up on Smoky mountain,

Drinking from a soda fountain,

That's where I was when I was,

A hobo in my mind.

Hoppin' freights and pickin' dates,

Gobblin' beans from old tin plates,

It seems like years since I was just

A hobo in my mind.

It did no harm, it set my mind,

To dreamin' of a way,

To get my hands on something,

That I had to find someday.

Far beyond Chicago,

Somewhere where the longest trains go,

That's where I was when I was,

A hobo in my mind.

Me and a couple of buddies,

We didn't care if our shoes got muddy.

We didn't care where the trains were bound,

We'd ride them rascals blind.

Oh, maybe I was crazy,

Maybe just my foolish ways,

But that's where I was when I was,

A hobo in my mind.

It did no harm, it set my mind,

To dreamin' of a way,

To get my hands on something,

That I had to find someday.

Far beyond Chicago,

Somewhere where the longest trains go,

That's where I was when I was,

A hobo in my mind.