i d like to settle down but they won t let me a fugitive must be a rollin stone down every road there s always one more city and i m on the run the highway is my home i raised a lot of cain back in my younger days my mama used to pray my crops would fail now i m a hunted fugitive with just two ways it s outrun the law or spend my life in jail i d like to settle down but they won t let me a fugitive must be a rollin stone down every road there s always one more city and i m on the run the highway is my home i d like to take you with me but can t afford the luxury a fugitive must be a rollin stone you d only slow me down and they d catch up with me for he who travels fastest goes alone i d like to settle down but they won t let me a fugitive must be a rollin stone down every road there s always one more city and i m on the run the highway is my home i m on the run the highway is my home