i was born a travellin man that s all i ll ever be moving around from town to town it s what makes me so free my father was a trucker for the years since 23 on the day that i was born his blood was left to me i m the travellin man travellin man that s what i am travellin man travellin man that s what i am travellin man that s what i am no one puts a hold on me you ll see me once or maybe twice that s all you ll see of me all you pretty women lord i hope you understand don t be a fool and fall in love put your heart in a travellin man i m the travellin man travellin man travellin man travellin man travellin man that s what i am guess i ll always be travellin man that s what i am but at least i am free i m a traveller travellin man oh that s what i am travellin man that s what i am lord i move so fast i have had so many women none of them have last i am just a mover movin fast as sound always free sometimes lonely always movin around i m the travellin man travellin man travellin man travellin man oh that s what i am travellin man