I've been wandering early and late
From New York City to the Golden Gate
And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering
My daddy was an engineer
My brother drives a hack
My sister takes in laundry
While the baby balls the jack
And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering
I've been in the army
I've worked on a farm
And all I've got to show
Is the muscle in my arm
And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering
My ma, she died
When I was young
My daddy took to stealing
And he got hung
And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering
Snakes in the ocean
Eels in the sea
I let a redheaded woman
Make a fool out of me
And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering
Well, I've been wandering early and late
From the New York City to the Golden Gate
And it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering
No, it don't look like I'll ever stop my wandering