I was born one rainy morning in a little house across town   Daddy liked to roam leave mama alone   She just couldn't tie him down   He liked his gamblin and whiskey   And mama just liked to cook and sew   It made me a man before my time   I felt many a cold wind blow      Worked real hard most all of my life   Bought a farmhouse out in the sticks   Set by the fire most every night   Working on my guitar licks   Before too long I was on my way   Playing from town to town   I guess I'm a little like daddy was   Gotta keep on moving around         Chorus:   >this journey takes me far away from home   Sometimes it makes me feel so alone   So alone      Now I look back on yesterday   Wondering what I'd done   Did I help somebody along the way   Or did I just look out for number one   I know I can't change a thing   So don't put me down   Cause I didn't cling to your heart   Oh I feel like dying when we're apart         Chorus:   This journey takes me far away from home   With nothing left to hold on to   But a voice from the telephone   It's taken me away from every love I've ever known   Sometimes it makes me feel so alone   So alone