Once A Drifter

Sittin' in the back where the chairs are stacked

I'm warmin' up the stove,

Thinkin' about my old Ford stomped to the floorboard

Chuggin' out of Pleasant Grove.

Blazin' off to California

Like a dust devil dancin' on a dime

Guess I was a red-eyed backslider

Now I'm tired of the ride.

But once a drifter, always a drifter.

Once a drifter, always a drifter

Mama standing in the driveway

Too choked to say goodbye.

I turned my collar and turned my back

Went a mile and started to cry.

Johnny, Donny Brooks and me

Singing songs to pass the time.

Long befor the war came,

Long before the star game,

Long before I came to find . . .

So here I am, uncertain again

Headed for no place to go.

Settlin' down, leavin' town,

Family man, ramblin' man,

I just pretend it's part of the show.

One too many childhood movies

With strangers riding off in the sun

Taught me you can't talk it out

When you feel like walkin' out.

The sequel's already begun.

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