The road stretched out   A hand ready to shake   The hand reached in   To lead me from this place      My house, it yawned for my room   Was fool of waste   So I finally set my pace   Along the road      The road is pulling me   My home is wishing me away   The street-lamps beckoning:   "Come careless, swiftly   And stray,"      But gone, before I'm gone   I'd like for all my friends   To join up with me   In song   So   When I go   My friends can nod their heads   And say:   "We're glad she's moved on,"      Farewell, old comforts   So long, restful days   I'll carry nothing   For nothing can I claim      I will try not to   But I'll still forget your name   And I'll find another face   Along the road      And gone, when I'm gone   I'd like for all my friends   To raise up their heads   In song   So   When I go   My friends can nod their heads   And say:   "We're glad she's moved on,"   the road is pulling me   my home is wishing me away      The sidewalks whispering:   "Come careless, swiftly   And stray,"   So swiftly I strayed      But gone, when I'm gone   I'd like for all my friends   To raise up their heads   In song   So   When I go   My friends can nod their heads   And say:   "We're glad she's moved on,"      The road is pulling me   My home is wishing me away