Oh it´s fare thee well my darlin´ true
I´m leavin´ in the first hour of the morn
I´m bound off for the bay of Mexico
Or maybe the coast of Californ
So it´s fare thee well my own true love
We´ll meet another day, another time
It ain´t the leavin´
That´s a-grievin´ me
But my true love who´s bound to stay behind

Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
And the rain she´s a-turnin´ into hail
I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin´ west
Though I´m travelin´ on a path beaten trail
So it´s fare thee well my own true love
We´ll meet another day, another time
It ain´t the leavin´
That´s a-grievin´ me
But my true love who´s bound to stay behind

I will write you a letter from time to time
As I´m ramblin´ you can travel with me too
With my head, my heart and my hands, my love
I will send what I learn back home to you
So it´s fare thee well my own true love
We´ll meet another day, another time
It ain´t the leavin´
That´s a-grievin´ me
But my true love who´s bound to stay behind

I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles
Be them somebody else´s or my own
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high
I will travel unnoticed and unknown
So it´s fare thee well my own true love
We´ll meet another day, another time
It ain´t the leavin´
That´s a-grievin´ me
But my true love who´s bound to stay behind

I´ve heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound
It´s down around the old Mexican plains
They say that the people are all friendly there
And all they ask of you is your name
So it´s fare thee well my own true love
We´ll meet another day, another time
It ain´t the leavin´
That´s a-grievin´ me
But my true love who´s bound to stay behind