I can settle down
And be doing just fine
Till I hear an old freight
Going down the line

Then I hurry straight
Home and pack
And if I didn’t go
I believe I’d blow my stack

I love you baby
But you must understand
When the Lord made me
He made a ramblin’ man

Some folks may say
That I’m no good
That I wouldn’t settle
Down if I could

But when that open road
Starts calling me
There’s something over the hill
That I’ve gotta see

Sometimes it’s hard
But you gotta understand
When the Lord made me
He made a ramblin’ man

I love to see
The towns passing by
And to ride these rails
‘Neath God’s blue skies

Let me travel this land
From the mountains to the sea
Cause that’s the life
I believe He meant for me

And when I’m gone
And at my grave you stand
Just say God’s called
Home his ramblin’ man