Once a Drifter - Michael Martin Murphey

作词：Michael Martin Murphey

作曲：Michael Martin Murphey

Sitting in the back where the chairs are stacked

I'm warmin up the stove

I'm

Thinking about my old ford stomped to the floorboard

Chugging out of pleasant grove

Blazing off to california

Like a dust devil dancing on a dime

Guess i was just red eyed backslider

Now i'm tired of the ride

But once a drifter here always a drifter

Once a drifter here always a drifter

Mama standing in the driveway

Too choked to say goodbye

I turned my collar and turned my back

Went a mile and started to cry

Johnny donny brooks and me

Singing songs to pass the pay time

Long befor the war came

Long before the star game

Long before i came to find

Once a drifter here always a drifter

Once a drifter here always a drifter

So here i am uncertain man

Headed for no place to go

Settling down leaving town

Family man rambling man

I just pretend it's part of the show

One too many childhood movies

With strangers riding off in the sun

Taught me you can't talk it out

When you feel like walking out

The sequel's already begun

Once a drifter here always a drifter

Once a drifter here always a drifter

Once a drifter always a drifter

Once a drifter here always a drifter