I gotta get my stuff together I'm heading out I gotta do the things that I've been speaking 'bout I gotta show the world the difference between right and wrong I gotta make myself a living writing songs ♪ I'm just a lonely singer on a lonely road This is the only life that I chose I give it more So much more than what I've got Eveything you think I am I am not 'Cause I'm just a one man traveling band* Writing down poems on the back of my hand I'm hoping you will understand me I've come a long way I've given up the cocaine Looking for a chance to play a couple songs that I wrote along the way I never thought that I would ever learn guitar That I'd be the man on stage Never thought that I would get to see the world Love and miss the band everyday But iI headed out to California for margaritas by the pool At the house of a good old friend of mine I knew wen back in school ♪ Just a box of wood Six strings This guitar I've played in bedrooms and still play in bars On city streets with pennies at my feet And you know I'll play for money I will play for free 'Cause I'm just a one man traveling band Writing down poems on the back of my hand I'm hoping you will understand me I've come a long way I've given up the cocaine Looking for a chance to play a couple songs that I wrote along the way I never thought that I would ever learn guitar That I'd be the man on stage Never thought that I would get to see the world Love and miss the band everyday But I headed out to California for margaritas by the pool At the house of a good old friend of mine I knew when back in school