Me and billy boy and old lady jane   We hitched a ride, took a fast movin’ train   Got to the top with our heads spinnin’ round   You never know just what you got until you’re comin’ back   Down on the farmland mississippi shade   The folks down there they told me take it day by day      And walk the last mile   Before I sleep   It’ll be a while   Before I get my peace   With the same style   I walked for years   On the last mile   I can rest my fears      I got a long way to go before I reach the light of day   Monkies on my back I gotta find a better way   Same old story never get just what you want   The more you got the more you want   Sometimes you do and then you don’t   I guess I’ve always been a travelin’ man   Cause when I’m movin’ I can make a stand      And walk the last mile   Before I sleep   It’ll be a while   Before I get my peace   With the same style   I walked for years   On the last mile   I can rest my fears      Don’t know where I’m going   But I know where I’ve been   Look around me everybody’s trying to win      I guess I’ve always been a travelin’ man   Cause when I’m movin’ I can make a stand yea yea      And walk the last mile   Before I sleep   It’ll be a while   Before I get my peace   With the same style   I walked for years   On the last mile   I can rest my fears      The last mile   Before I sleep   It’ll be a while   Before I get my peace   With the same style   I walked for years   On the last mile   I can rest my fears      The last mile   Before I sleep   It’ll be a while   Before I get my peace   With the same style   I walked for years   On the last mile   I can rest my fears