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You know hoboes are my heroes
They donât ever pay no bills.
They like to ride around
Rolling down those rusty rails.
Take a gander, Thereâs the Rambler
With a stogie and a stingy brim,
And his spit-shined shoes
Heâs looking sharp for the shape heâs in.
With a pick-lock in his coin sock
The hobo always finds a way
To take just what he needs
Soâs to live another day.
Hop a ride, Hop a ride (x2)
You can always hop a ride
When the wolf is at your door.
You know hoboes are my heroes
With their bindlesticks in their hands.
Theyâre just old souls roaminâ,
Dreaminâ of the Promised Land.
Watch your backs, boys, watch your backs
And buddy keep your head down low,
Cause thereâs a bull in the switchyard
With a loaded .44.
Hear that high lonesome call
Of the wild howlinâ in the morn.
Thatâs just a freight train whistle
Hollerinâ âHobo, canât ya come?â
In the morning, in the evening
And even when the sun goes down,
Thereâs a man without a home
Ever-yearninâ homeward bound.