"The Hobo" lyrics
On the dark side of Chicago
I heard an old lonesome hobo
As he whistled dixie
It took my mind way back
To my mom was dear sweet angels smile
And the tune she sang me as a child
And how my daddy left us long ago
On a lonesome north bound track
When he took a tip
I walked over, laid my hand on a thin old shoulder
And in the moon light his tired old eyes
Stared me right through
So I gave him a brand new twenty
Said "friend this oughta be plenty"
To pay for a drink and a memory trip with you
I said "I have a love for dixie
Cause she's where I long to be
And I'll go home to her one day just wait and see
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well someday I'll be joining
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie?"
They sang old man rode the rails
So as this hobo spun his tails
My thoughts drifted off in my dream
With a mystery
We drank his wine til we got shanghai
Slept in a box car side by side
Til the morning's light struck my face and awoke me
And on the hobos arm hanging down
The suns flicker gave me a glimpse
Of something that took me by surprise
Across a heart tattooed in his skin
I saw the name Dixie written in
And it brought a twinkle and a tear into my eyes
I thought we shared a love for dixie
Cause she's where we long to be
And I'll go home to her one day just wait and see
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well someday I'll be joining
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie?
He said well it's about time for my run
I've gotta ride to Montgomery son
Well sir I'm glad that's my old stomping ground
Yeah he said he used to hangout there on the river
Before he left a girl named girl Dixie
In a few years now his soul will be bound and bound
Well I told him I thought I'd known his Dixie
But then she died back in '60
They say from loneliness and broken dreams
And as I said that he just slipped away
But left me thinking to this very day
Dixie's darlin' was the daddy I'd never seen
Lord we shared a love for dixie
Cause she's where we long to be
And I'll go home to them one day just wait and see
You left me behind I that morning
Well someday I'll be joining
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie?
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie
I heard an old lonesome hobo
As he whistled dixie
It took my mind way back
To my mom was dear sweet angels smile
And the tune she sang me as a child
And how my daddy left us long ago
On a lonesome north bound track
When he took a tip
I walked over, laid my hand on a thin old shoulder
And in the moon light his tired old eyes
Stared me right through
So I gave him a brand new twenty
Said "friend this oughta be plenty"
To pay for a drink and a memory trip with you
I said "I have a love for dixie
Cause she's where I long to be
And I'll go home to her one day just wait and see
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well someday I'll be joining
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie?"
They sang old man rode the rails
So as this hobo spun his tails
My thoughts drifted off in my dream
With a mystery
We drank his wine til we got shanghai
Slept in a box car side by side
Til the morning's light struck my face and awoke me
And on the hobos arm hanging down
The suns flicker gave me a glimpse
Of something that took me by surprise
Across a heart tattooed in his skin
I saw the name Dixie written in
And it brought a twinkle and a tear into my eyes
I thought we shared a love for dixie
Cause she's where we long to be
And I'll go home to her one day just wait and see
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well someday I'll be joining
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie?
He said well it's about time for my run
I've gotta ride to Montgomery son
Well sir I'm glad that's my old stomping ground
Yeah he said he used to hangout there on the river
Before he left a girl named girl Dixie
In a few years now his soul will be bound and bound
Well I told him I thought I'd known his Dixie
But then she died back in '60
They say from loneliness and broken dreams
And as I said that he just slipped away
But left me thinking to this very day
Dixie's darlin' was the daddy I'd never seen
Lord we shared a love for dixie
Cause she's where we long to be
And I'll go home to them one day just wait and see
You left me behind I that morning
Well someday I'll be joining
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie?
Lord save a place for me
In the heart of dixie
