Free and easy, that's my style;
Howdydo me, watch me smile,
But fare-the-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 to be;
I pick up, too, when the spirit moves me.
Cross the river, 'round the bend,
"Hello 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