I jumped off a boxcar down around Tennessee
I was cold tired and dirty hungry as I could be
But I had my guitar and a hundred railroad songs
So I asked the policeman
Can I stay here long
He said Mr. Hobo you got to go now
We don´t want you around
See I´m trying to build a respectable town
And we don´t need a hobo like you around

So I left that town, Lord with my guitar in my hand
Still cold and tired, kinda mad at the man
But this life that I chose to live, sometime´s strange
See I´m trying to learn about the old music from ridin´ the train
I´m a hobo I know, but thta´s the price I pay
Guess I´ll write me another song while I´m on my way
Catch me another train and this is what I´ll say
Mr Choo-choo train take me away

I´m goin´ to ride this train Lord until I find out
What Jimmie Rogers and the Hag was all about
See I play this rock n roll and I think that´s fine
But I wnta to go back a little further in time
I´m a hobo I know but that´s the price I pay
Guess I´ll write me another song while I´m on my way
Catch me another train and this is what I´ll say
Mr Choo-choo train take me away