Traveling Man
by 
Hans Theessink 
recording of 1989 resp. 1998 
from Johnny & The Devil & Blue Grooves From Vienna (a 50th birthday celebration), 
I'm a traveling man and the highway is my home 
Here today, tomorrow I'll be gone 
From the Mexican line to the windy city 
Ain't got much to loose 
And all I need is a good old country-blues 
Gypsy woman told my mama on the day that I was born 
You got a boy child coming, he's gonna be a rolling stone 
Mama locked the windows, barred the door 
But friends it was no use 
'Cause I was born with the traveling fever blues 
I'm a picker and a singer, don't have much company 
The breeze in the trees is all I got for harmony 
Restless blood runs through my veins 
I got fever in my shoes 
And all I need is a good old country-blues 
Put my thumb in the wind, tryin' to catch a ride 
Got a little bit of something, help me make it through the night 
I got no home, no fixed address 
But that's the life I choose 
And all I need is a good old country-blues 
I'm a traveling man and the highway is my home 
Here today, tomorrow I'll be gone 
From the Mexican line to the windy city 
Ain't got much to loose 
And all I need is a good old country-blues