I met a man who never had a city
Or a town that he could boast
of as his own
Freedom was the only thing
that mattered
Cause he could always dance
and sing well enough to eat
And when the folks would
gather round
they'd have to pat their feet
He'd go cracklin' meatloaf,
listen up, he's a bacon hen
Cooked up in a hobo stew
made only for my friends
Crackling meatloaf, this and I,
pieces of bacon in
But you taste my hobo stew,
you gotta come back again
Ay, ay, ay, oh, oh, oh,
Don't love me now
Yeah, yeah
Well
From Dallas all the way to Cincinnati
To Buffalo then back
out west again
Everywhere he stopped
he sang this jangle
An d every time he did a crowd
would quickly gather round
They'd pat their feet
and listen to his unfamiliar sound
People crackin' meatloaf,
this and that,
this a -beggin' it
Cooked up in a hobo stew,
made only for my friends
Crackin' meatloaf, this and that,
this a -beggin' it
Once you taste my hobo stew,
you gotta come back again
Travelin' round from town to town
Is a habit hard to break
But standing still is against my will, oh
I guess I'll have to do
it my own way
Days turned into years
and some years later
I ran into that trav
eling man again
Though time had done its thing,
he still was smiling
His eyes still let you know
that he was different from most men
When he started singing,
you just had to be his friend
Cracklin' meatloaf, this and I,
piece of bacon is
Cooked up in a hobo stew
made only for my friends
Cracklin' meatloaf, this and I, piece of is
Watch you taste my hobo stew,
you gotta come back again
Come on, hit me
Oh, your hobo stew, oh,
oh, oh
Crackling meatloaf, ifs and ahs,
pieces of bacon and sides
Cooked up in a hobo stew,
made only for my friends
Crackling meatloaf, ifs and ahs,
pieces of bacon and sides
Once you taste my hobo stew,
you gotta come back again
I'm a hobo, gotta move, hey, yeah
Let me sing this thing, oh
He's a makin' it
Cruisin' takes my hormones
Oh, you gotta come back
Hey, I'll catch a plane on ya
I'll hop a train sometime
I'll hitchhike up, up, down, down,
up, round town, oh, oh, oh
Hey! Hey, I'm a hobo!
Hey, I'm a hobo!