Free and easy, that's my style   Howdy-do me, watch me smile   Fare-thee-well me after a while   'Cause I gotta roam   And any place I hang my hat is home      Sweetenin' water, cherry wine   Thank you kindly, suits me fine   Kansas City, Caroline   That's my honeycomb   'Cause any place I hang my hat is home      Birds roostin' in a tree   Pick up and go, and the goin' proves   That's how it oughta be   I pick up too when the spirit moves me      SAXOPHONE SOLO      Cross the river, 'round the bend   Howdy stranger, so long friend   There's a voice in the lonesome wind   That keeps whisp'ring, "Roam!"   I'm going where a welcome mat is   No matter where that is   'Cause any place I hang my hat is home