The Habit

I've beat my way wherever any winds have blown
I've bummed along from Portland down to San Antonio
From Shady Hook to Frisco, over plains and hills
For once you get the habit you just can't keep still.

Chorus:
And I ride wherever the wind blows
I'm drifting like a tumbleweed
I'm just a wandering troubadour
A song and my guitar is all I need

I've seen a lot of places where I'd like to stay
But I get to feeling restless and then I'm on my way
I was never meant for sitting on my own door sill
For once you get the habit you just can't keep still

I've been in rich men's houses and I've been in jail
And when it's time for leaving, I just hits the trail
I'm a human bird of passage and the song I trill
Is once you get the habit you just can't keep still

The sun is sorta coaxing and the road is clear
The wind is singing ballads that I just gotta hear
There ain't no use to argue when you feel the thrill
Once you get the habit you just can't keep still