Hobo's Meditation

[Verse 1]

Last night as I lay on the boxcar

Just waiting for a train to pass by

What will become of the hobo

Whenever his time comes to die?

[Verse 2]

There's a Master up yonder in heaven

Got a place that we might call our home

Will we have to work for a living?

Or can we continue to roam?

[Verse 3]

Will there be any freight trains in heaven?

Any boxcars in which we might hide?

Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?

Will they tell us that we cannot ride?

[Verse 4]

Will the hobo chum with the rich man?

Will we always have money to spare?

Will they have respect for the hobo

In that land that lies hidden up there?

[Banjo and Dobro Solos]

[Verse 3]

Will there be any freight trains in heaven?

Any boxcars in which we might hide?

Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?

Will they tell us that we cannot ride?

[Verse 4]

Will the hobo chum with the rich man?

Will we always have money to spare?

Will they have respect for the hobo

In that land that lies hidden up there?