These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what I’ll do;
One of these days these boots are gonna
Walk all over you.
But when yer oot walking, in the country wi’ a bird
An yer strolling over fields just like a fairmer’s herd.
And somebody shouts "Keep aff the grass," and you think “How absurd;”
And squelch! you find why fairmers a’ wear wellies.
If it wasnae for your wellies, where would you be?
You’d be in the hospital or infirmary,
Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy,
If you didnae have your feet in your wellies!
I went down to St. James Infirmary
And I heard my baby moan.
And I felt so broken hearted.
She used to be my very own.
I tried so hard to keep from crying.
My heart felt just like lead.
She was all that I had to live for.
Oh, I wish it was me instead.
Now she’s gone, she’s gone and may God bless her
Wherever she may be.
She can search this wide world over
Oh, but she’ll never find a man like me.
She’s gone, she’s gone…
She’s gone.
She’s gone oh I oh I oh I
I’d better learn how to face it
She’s gone oh I oh I oh I’d
I’d pay the devil to replace her
What’ll I do
When you are far away
And I am blue
What’ll I do?
What’ll I do?
When I am wond’ring who
Is kissing you
What’ll I do?
What’ll I do with just a photograph
To tell my troubles to?
When I’m alone
With only dreams of you
That won’t come true
What’ll I do?
Blue don’t forget the word I warned you
Oh Blue don’t let them push you don’t let them destroy you
Meanwhile I’m searching with my brain blown eyes
See the world through my dirty lonely mixed up mind
I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space
And when you’re out there
Without care,
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn’t because I didn’t know enough
I just knew too much
Does that make me crazy?
The itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again
Baby sneezes
Mummy pleases
Daddy breezes in
So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering
I know nothing stays the same
But if you’re willing to play the game
It’s coming around again
So don’t mind if I fall apart
There’s more room in a broken heart
Tina says, “Don’t talk to me like I am deaf and dumb
We’ve broken down and broken up so much that I am numb
Talk about, don’t shout about the people we’ve become
There’s a little girl who’s crying over here”
Michael says, “Don’t shout at me like I was born a fool
You speak of love and scream of love now dare to treat me cruel
Nothing’s fair in love and war so please, let’s make some rules
There’s a little boy who’s crying over here”
Did you ever know me?
I swear that I have tried
Did you ever need me?
I feel like I just died
Did you ever want me?
I swear that I have tried
How do you tell someone you don’t love them?
How do you tell someone you don’t care anymore?
How do you tell someone you don’t love them anymore?
I can’t make you love me
If you don’t.
You can’t make your heart feel
Something it won’t.
If you’ll hand me my crayons
I’ll be glad to take your name
In case I run across that guy you knew
But I don’t remember loving you
I don’t remember loving you
And I don’t recall the things
You say you put me through
You tell me that you’ve had
A guilty conscience for so long
You say that you walked out on me
You say you did me wrong
Well, I just don’t see how that could be true
'Cause I don’t remember loving you
I ain’t the kind to hang around
With every new love that I’ve found
Moving is my stock in trade I’m moving on,
I won’t think of you when I’m gone
So don’t you shed a tear for me
I ain’t the love you thought I’d be
I’ve had a hundred more like you, so don’t be blue
I’ll have a thousand 'fore I’m thru
Done laid around, done stayed around
This old town too long
Summer’s almost gone, winter’s coming on
Done laid around, done stayed around
This old town too long
And it seems like I’ve got to travel on
And it seems like I’ve got to travel on.
If you see me passin’ by and you sit and wonder why,
And you wish that you were a rambler too,
Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door,
And thank the stars for the roof that’s over you.
And I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound, where I’m bound,
I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound.
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man
Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
And when it’s time for leavin’
I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a ramblin’ man
I’m a ramblin’ man!
Oh, yes! Oh, yes! Oh, yes! Oh, yes!
Oh, no!
Oh well, I’m the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are well, you know that I’m around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to me they’re all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don’t even know my name
They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around
Oh well, there’s Flo on my left and there’s Mary on my right
And Janie is the girl with that I’ll be with tonight
And when she asks me, which one I love the best?
I tear open my shirt I got Rosie on my chest
'Cause I’m the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around
I’m a rambler and a gambler
And I’m drunk every night,
I just called up to tell you that
I’m rugged but right.
[Ehh leapfrogging again…]
I want to find the secret path
A bird delivered into my heart, so
It’s not the end
Not the kingdom come
It is the journey that matters, the distant wanderer
Call of the wild
In me forever and ever and ever forever
Wanderlust
I want to love by the Blue Lagoon
Kiss under waning moon
Straying, claiming my place in this mortal coil
Riding the dolphins
Asking the mountains
Dreaming Alaska
The Earth can have but Earth