Standing on the road walking down the highway   Ain't going nowhere but that's my way of life      Well I ain't never had much ambition but I always made my own way   By turnin' a couple of jobs in some ladies' backyard I averaged about a dollar a day   I wake up early each morning and before I started on my way   I get some cigarettes and a couple of cups of coffee a sweepin' the local city cafe   Standing on the road...      Ain't never had no one to love me never had girl to call my own   I never would take a chance to fool with romance I guess I'm used to being alone   Nobody wants a drifter so I'll keep moving on   There's nothin' to tie me down when I wanna leave town   Nobody's gonna miss me when I'm gone   Standing on the road...