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

far beyond chicago

somewhere where the longest trains go

that's where i was when i was

a hobo in my mind