Truckin' - got my chips cashed in
  Keep Truckin' - like the doodah man
  Together - more or less in line
  Just keep truckin' on
  
  Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
  Chicago, New York, Detroit, it's all the same street
  Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
  Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
  
  Dallas - got a soft machine
  Houston - too close to New Orleans
  New York - got the ways and means
  But just won't let you be
  
  Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of True Love
  Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home
  One of these days they know they gotta get goin'
  Out of the door and down to the street all alone
  
  Truckin' - like the doodah man
  Once told me you got to play your hand
  Sometimes - the cards ain't worth a damn
  If you don't lay 'em down
  
  Sometimes the light's all shining on me
  Other times I can barely see
  Lately it occurs to me
  What a long strange trip it's been
  
  Hey, what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
  She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
  Living on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
  All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame"
  
  Truckin' - up to Buffalo
  Been thinkin' - you got to mellow slow
  Take time - you pick a place to go
  And just keep truckin' on
  
  Sitting and staring out of a hotel window
  Got a tip they're kicking the door in again
  I'd like to get some sleep before I travel
  But if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in
  
  Busted - down on Bourbon Street
  Set up - like a bowling pin
  Knocked down - it gets to wearing thin
  They just won't let you be
  
  You're sick of hanging around and you'd like to travel
  Get tired of traveling, you'd like to settle down
  I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying
  Get out of the door - light out and look all around
  
  Sometimes the light's all shining on me
  Other times I can barely see
  Lately it occurs to me
  What a long strange trip it's been
  
  Truckin' - I'm a goin' home
  Whoa - oh, baby, back where I belong
  Back home - sit down and patch my bones
  And get back truckin' on