I was born in the Southland
Fifty-nine some odd years ago
I Ran away for the first time
When I was four years old
I'm a freeborn man
My home is on my back
I know every inch of highway
Every foot of back road
Every mile of railroad track
I got a gal in Cincinnati
I got a woman in San Anton'
I always love the gal next door
But any place is home
I'm a freeborn man
My home is on my back
I know every inch of highway
Every foot of back road
Every mile of railroad track
You may not like my appearance
You may not like my song
You may not like the way I walk
But you like the way I'm gone
I'm a freeborn man
My home is on my back
I know every inch of highway
Every foot of back road
Every mile of railroad track
I'm a freeborn man
My home is on my back
I know every inch of highway
Every foot of back road
Every mile of railroad track