I can settle down and be doin' just fine
'Til I hear an old train rollin' down the line
Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you, baby
But you gotta understand
When the Lord made me
He made a ramblin' man
Some folks might say that I'm no good
That I wouldn't settle down if I could
But when that open road starts to callin' me
There's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see
Sometimes it's hard
But you gotta understand
When the Lord made me
He made a ramblin' man
I love to see the towns a-passin' by
And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky
Let me travel this land, from the mountains to the sea
'Cause that's the life I believe he meant for me
And when I'm gone
And at my grave you stand
Just say God's called home your ramblin' man