i'm just a drifter
movin' around from day to day
i live out on the highway and sleep down in the subway when it rains
there once was a city girl who longed to love and hold me every night
but i had to run away and leave her to live my own life
i know the down and out
i've seen the way the people live
and i once had a doubt that maybe there was more we all could give
then i got older and the wine and life lay heavy on my mind
and i'm not much wiser now
but thinkin' about it helps to pass the time
i'm a drifter
been up
i've been down
i've been pushed around
still a drifter
been got at 'n' fell flat and come back every time
no luck at the table
i've never been able to hang on to a dime
still i find there's love in this heart of mine
oow
now i'm on the back-streets
down with the beggars and the thieves
and i've seen the ladies who just lay about the city when it breathes
i long to be settled down
but know i'll keep on movin' 'til i die
and i never had a friend
i only caught the winkin' in her eye
oow
i'm a drifter
keep on
keep on driftin'
always be a drifter