Baby stands on his own two feet His momma played the rock n roll His daddy worked for the union to save his soul He shed a tear but he never cried He headed out west and he never tried He wanted to live his life before he goes Before he goes On down the road And it climbed higher than the levee But the damn she didnt break And we cried all the way to Texas in the rain And to lend a helping hand Was a chance she didnt take Now hes holding back the sorrow and the pain He had a hammer that he knew how to swing But the railroad was his daddys thing So he got himself a guitar and he learned to make it sing He met a girl just the other day He thought he found love but got shipped away He wanted to say goodbye before he goes Before he goes On down the road
go, cried, wanted, shipped, daddy