Had me a woman down in Tennessee
Boy, she used to love me
Free fever got me, and I had to go
I never seen that woman no more

New York City is a place I've been
I was there one time with a travellin' band
Young girl there wanted me to stay
I think she wanted me to pay

Roll it out, roll it in
Here we go down the road again
Drifter's life is a drifter's wife
Don't say I didn't tell you so

Travellin' man, now, he don't know
Only what he hears on the radio
Politics and money don't bother him"