Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
  Born to lose a drifter that's me
  You can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong
  Baby you don't know my mind today
  
  Heard the music of a rail slept in every old dirty jail
  And life's too short for you to worry me
  When I find I can't win I'll be checking out again
  Baby you don't know my mind today
  
  I've been a hobo and a tramp my soul has done been stamped
  Lord things I know I learned the hard hard way
  I ain't here to judge or plea but to give my poor heart ease
  Baby you don't know my mind today
  
  Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
  Born to lose a drifter that's me
  You say I'm sweet and kind I can love you a thousand times
  Baby you don't know my mind today