The Drifter

[Verse 1]

I'm just a drifter

Movin' around from day to day

I live out on the highway

And sleep down in the subway when it rains

[Verse 2]

There once was a city girl

Who longed to love and hold me every night

But I had to run away, and leave her

To live my own life

[Verse 3]

I know the down and out

I've seen the way the people live (seen the way people live)

And I once had a doubt

That maybe there was more we all could give

[Verse 4]

Then I got older

And the wine and life lay heavy

On my mind

I'm not much wiser now

But thinkin' about it

Helps to pass the time

And I'm a drifter

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

I've been up, I've been down

I've been pushed around, still a drifter

Been got at 'n' fell flat

And come back every time

No luck at the table, I've never been able

To hang on to a dime

Still I find there's love in this heart of mine, ooo

[Verse 5]

Now I'm on the back-streets

Down with the beggars and the thieves

And I've seen the ladies who just lay about the city

When it breathes

[Verse 6]

I long to be settled down

But know I'll keep on movin' 'til I die, ohh oh ohh

And I never had a friend

I only caught the winkin' in her eye

[Outro]

Ooh, I'm a drifter

Keep on, keep on driftin'

Always be a drifter

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