Things I learned in a hobo jungle   Were things they never taught me in a class room   Like where to find a handout   While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon      Hey I'm not bragging or complaining   I'm just talking to myself man to man   This old lentil fat I'm chewing   Didn't take alot of doing   But I take alot of pride in what I am      I guess I grew up a loner   Don't remember ever having any folks around   But I keep thumbing through the phonebooks   And looking for my Daddy's name in every town      And I meet lots of people   But I always end up leaving on the lam   Hey where I've been, where I'm going   I didn't take alot of knowing   But I take alot of pride in what I am      I never travel in a hurry   'Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere   Home is anywhere I'm living   If it's sleeping on some vacant beach or city square   Or if I'm working on some road gang   Or just living off the fat of our great land   I never been nobody's idol but at least I have a title   And I take alot of pride in what I am      This old lentil fat I'm chewing   Didn't take alot of doing   I take alot of pride in what I am